Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged member
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ExploitSend crafted request to unprotected endpoint
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactAccess restricted community data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated session on the target WordPress site with the FluentCommunity plugin (version n/a through 2.11.0) installed and active - per CVSS PR:L the attacker must already hold a low-privileged account such as a registered community member, which on sites allowing open registration is a low bar. No user interaction is needed (UI:N) and the request is remote over the network (AV:N). Limiting factors: the attacker cannot act fully unauthenticated, impact is capped at low confidentiality disclosure with no write or denial capability (I:N/A:N), and the specific plugin endpoint/feature lacking the authorization check is not detailed in the input, so the precise data exposed depends on which access-controlled resource is affected. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity Missing Authorization flaw (CWE-862) with CVSS 4.3, and the signals are internally consistent: the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N describes a network-reachable, low-complexity issue that nonetheless requires PR:L - an already-authenticated low-privileged user (e.g. a registered community member) - and yields only low confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so there is no evidence of active or at-scale exploitation. The practical picture is a bounded horizontal/limited-vertical access-control gap, not a pre-auth remote compromise: the PR:L requirement and C:L/I:N/A:N impact ceiling mean an authenticated user can likely read data or reach functionality they should not, but cannot modify data or take down the site through this flaw alone. Net: a real but low-priority issue relative to critical pre-auth plugin bugs - patch in routine cycles rather than as an emergency. Note the input Tag 'Authentication Bypass' is imprecise; the CWE and description indicate broken access control / missing authorization (an authenticated user exceeding their authorization), not an authentication bypass - the CVSS PR:L confirms the attacker is authenticated. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers or already holds a low-privileged account on a WordPress site running FluentCommunity ≤ 2.11.0, then sends a crafted request to a plugin endpoint that fails to enforce proper authorization checks, allowing them to read or reach data and functionality intended for higher-privileged roles. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the impact is limited to low confidentiality disclosure (C:L) with no data modification. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 19, 2026
Missing authorization in the FluentCommunity WordPress plugin (all versions through 2.11.0) lets an authenticated low-privileged member - for example a self-registered community user on a site with open registration - reach functionality that should be gated behind stricter access controls, resulting in limited information disclosure only (CVSS 4.3, C:L/I:N/A:N). The defect is a CWE-862 missing authorization check that is network-reachable, low-complexity and requires no user interaction, but its moderate rating reflects the prerequisite of an existing account. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch or fixed version is identified in the available data - the sole reference is the Patchstack vulnerability record for FluentCommunity 2.11.0 - so confirm a corrected release directly with WP ManageNinja and, if one exists, upgrade past 2.11.0 before anything else; the Patchstack entry at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/fluent-community/vulnerability/wordpress-fluentcommunity-plugin-2-11-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve should be monitored for that version number. Until a fix is confirmed, the most direct compensating control is to deactivate FluentCommunity entirely (trade-off: community, forum and member-profile functionality goes offline), or, if it must stay live, close self-service registration and require manual approval so PR:L cannot be obtained freely, and audit existing accounts for unexpected low-privilege members (trade-off: added administrative overhead and possible onboarding friction). Tighten role and capability assignments so only trusted users hold community accounts, and apply virtual patching at the WAF or reverse-proxy layer to restrict or log requests to the plugin's AJAX/REST routes from low-privileged sessions (trade-off: may break legitimate member features and requires tuning to avoid false positives). Review web-server and plugin logs for unusual access patterns from newly created or low-privilege accounts to detect probing of the misconfigured endpoint.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
FluentCommunity is a WordPress community/forum plugin distributed through the WordPress.org ecosystem, where plugin code runs with the privileges of the WordPress application and typically exposes AJAX (admin-ajax.php) or REST API routes guarded by capability checks such as current_user_can() plus nonce validation. CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) means one of these handlers performs authentication but skips the authorization decision, so any logged-in user - regardless of role - can invoke an operation intended for administrators, moderators, or the specific owning member. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:wp_manageninja_llc:fluentcommunity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with a wildcard version confirms that every release up to and including 2.11.0 is in scope; the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N confirms the request travels over the network, needs no interaction, is scoped to the plugin alone, and caps impact at low confidentiality with no integrity or availability effect. Because the input does not identify the specific endpoint or resource lacking the check, the exact data exposed depends on which access-controlled object the affected handler returns; on sites permitting open registration, PR:L is a low bar because an attacker can self-provision the required account.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Missing authorization reachable over network with no interaction but requiring an authenticated low-privileged account (PR:L); only limited data disclosure, so C:L and I/A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP ManageNinja LLC FluentCommunity fluent-community allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FluentCommunity: from n/a through 2.11.0.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-104256
GHSA-gmqm-6c6m-4gmw
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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