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WP Fusion Lite CVE-2026-90972

| EUVDEUVD-2026-90515 MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-10-01 contact@wpscan.com GHSA-259g-3h2p-gwg5
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: wpscan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Register or obtain subscriber account
  2. Exploit
    Send crafted admin-ajax request to unprotected handler
  3. Execution
    Handler skips capability check
  4. Impact
    Read other users' emails and trigger cross-user CRM re-sync

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated WordPress account at subscriber level or above (PR:L) on a site running WP Fusion Lite before 3.48.0; sites that permit open/self user registration are most exposed. The two affected admin-AJAX handlers omit a capability check, so no admin privileges are needed, but a valid logged-in session is mandatory - purely unauthenticated attackers cannot exploit this. No special plugin configuration beyond having WP Fusion Lite active is indicated; no user interaction is required. Limiting factors: the authentication requirement and the restricted impact (email-address disclosure and CRM re-sync only, no full data access or site compromise).

Impact

This is a genuine but low-to-moderate priority access-control flaw, not a high-severity remote threat. The vendor CVSS 3.1 vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N = 5.4) is internally consistent with the description: network-reachable admin-AJAX handlers, low attack complexity, but requiring authentication (PR:L - any registered subscriber) and yielding only partial confidentiality (reading other users' email addresses) and partial integrity (triggering a cross-user CRM re-sync). No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public proof-of-concept were provided, so exploitation is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The chief gating factor is that the attacker must already hold a valid low-privilege account on the target site, which sharply limits mass exploitation; sites allowing open user registration are most exposed. The 'Authentication Bypass' tag conflicts with the CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) classification and the PR:L vector - this is a missing-capability-check / broken-authorization issue on authenticated endpoints, not an authentication bypass; treat the tag as mislabeled. No signals conflict with the network vector.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker self-registers (or uses an existing low-privilege account) as a subscriber on a WordPress site running WP Fusion Lite before 3.48.0. They invoke the two unprotected admin-AJAX handlers directly to enumerate other users' email addresses and to force CRM re-synchronization for arbitrary users. No public exploit code is identified, but the attack requires only standard authenticated HTTP requests with no user interaction.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026

Missing capability checks in the WP Fusion Lite WordPress plugin before version 3.48.0 allow any authenticated subscriber-level user to read other users' email addresses and to trigger cross-user CRM re-syncs through two exposed admin AJAX handlers. The CVSS vector indicates the attacker must hold a valid logged-in account (PR:L, so authenticated, not unauthenticated), and sites that allow open or self-service user registration are the most exposed, since no user interaction or administrative privilege is needed. Impact is confined to information disclosure of email addresses and unintended CRM synchronisation activity rather than full site takeover, and no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade WP Fusion Lite to version 3.48.0 or later, which adds the missing capability checks to the two admin AJAX handlers; this is the only complete fix and should be applied through the WordPress plugin updater or by deploying the vendor package directly. If immediate upgrade is not possible, compensating controls must accept trade-offs: disable open/self-service user registration and set the WordPress default new-user role so that untrusted accounts cannot obtain the subscriber role (side effect: legitimate visitors can no longer self-enrol and accounts must be provisioned manually); review and suspend or remove unnecessary subscriber accounts, since they are the attack prerequisite (side effect: operational overhead and possible lockout of legitimate low-privilege users); and audit connected CRM platforms for unexpected sync events or re-sync bursts that could indicate abuse, since the integrity impact manifests in CRM data rather than on the WordPress site itself. Deactivating WP Fusion Lite removes the attack surface entirely but also breaks CRM integration, and no compensating control fully prevents the email-address disclosure short of patching. Consult the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04d14406-c460-407c-836f-a9b5ed12be95/ and the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90972 for the authoritative version and fix details; note that remediation should not be delayed on the basis of exploit maturity, as no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

Affected VersionsENISA

WP Fusion Lite 0 <3.48.0

Affected Packages

euvd wp_fusion_lite fix: 3.48.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

WP Fusion Lite is a WordPress plugin that bridges a WordPress site with external CRM and marketing automation platforms (such as HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, and similar) for contact and tag synchronisation. The flaw is a broken access control issue (CWE-284) affecting two of the plugin's admin-side AJAX handlers, which in WordPress are registered as wp_ajax_* actions and served through wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. Because these handlers omit a current_user_can() capability check, any request carrying a valid authenticated session is processed regardless of the caller's role, so a low-privileged subscriber - the default role assigned by open WordPress registration - can invoke functionality intended for administrators. The first handler is queried to enumerate and return other users' email addresses, and the second can be abused to force a CRM re-sync of another user's record. The WordPress AJAX endpoint is remotely reachable over HTTP (AV:N), and the CVSS vector confirms low confidentiality and low integrity impact with no availability impact; the plugin's own tagging labels this an authentication bypass, though in strict CWE terms it is a missing-authorization flaw, since a session is still required. No CPE identifiers were supplied with the source data; the affected product is identified by EUVD as WP Fusion Lite 0 through versions below 3.48.0.

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Severity by source

Vendor (wpscan) PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Authenticated subscriber (PR:L) over the network with low complexity; partial confidentiality (other users' emails) and partial integrity (forced cross-user CRM re-sync), no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).

CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Oct 01, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 01, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Oct 01, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionCVE.org

The WP Fusion Lite WordPress plugin before 3.48.0 does not perform a capability check on two of its admin AJAX handlers, allowing any authenticated subscriber to read other users' email addresses and to trigger a cross-user CRM re-sync.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche WordPress CRM-integration plugin, moderate but specialized install base
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

27
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0
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