CVE-2026-113584

critical

Description

The placester WordPress plugin through 1.4.3 does not perform any capability, nonce or ownership check on an AJAX action that updates account details, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite any user's email address, including an administrator's, and take over the account through the standard password-reset flow.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f8261325-51d6-477e-af17-11b6de10c232/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-117897

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-06

Updated: 2026-11-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00186