CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-2879
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639
Description
The GetGenie plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.2. This is due to missing validation on the `id` parameter in the `create()` method of the `GetGenieChat` REST API endpoint. The method accepts a user-controlled post ID and, when a post with that ID exists, calls `wp_update_post()` without verifying that the current user owns the post or that the post is of the expected `getgenie_chat` type. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to overwrite arbitrary posts owned by any user — including Administrators — effectively destroying the original content by changing its `post_type` to `getgenie_chat` and reassigning `post_author` to the attacker.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/getgenie/tags/4.3.2/app/Api/GetGenieChat.php#L60 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/getgenie/tags/4.3.2/app/Api/GetGenieChat.php#L91 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3479838%40getgenie%2Ftrunk&old=3446466%40getgenie%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8030c334-458a-4d21-9a64-3f5df715ba97?source=cve www.wordfence.com