Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as subsite administrator
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ExploitTarget user accounts on other network sites
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ExecutionAbuse missing authorization check to flip verification state
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ImpactLock targeted users out of login
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
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 a WordPress MULTISITE network deployment (default single-site WordPress is not affected) running Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash before 3.8.2, AND the attacker must already hold subsite-administrator privileges on at least one site in that network (PR:H). The only action available is changing other users' verification state to deny their logins - there is no confidentiality exposure or code execution. Limiting factors: the high privilege requirement (must be a trusted-but-malicious or compromised subsite admin), the multisite-specific configuration, and the version ceiling (<3.8.2) all substantially narrow real-world exploitability to insider/privilege-abuse scenarios. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity broken-authorization flaw (CWE-863), not a critical one, and the signals are internally consistent on that point. The input CVSS of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H) describes a network-reachable but high-privilege, high-complexity issue: the attacker must already hold subsite administrator rights on a WordPress multisite network, so PR:H is the dominant risk-limiting factor. No EPSS score was provided and the CVE is NOT on CISA KEV, so there is no evidence of widespread or automated exploitation; the only active-exploitation-adjacent signal is that publicly available exploit code exists (per WPScan), which is distinct from in-the-wild use. The practical impact is a targeted denial-of-service - flipping other network users' verification state to lock them out of login - rather than data theft or code execution (C:N). I disagree with the input's A:H: locking out specific targeted accounts is better characterized as partial availability loss (A:L), since it does not take down the whole system. Net: a real but bounded insider/privilege-abuse issue for multisite operators, not an emergency internet-facing vulnerability. Vendor is listed as 'unknown' in the CPE, which is a metadata gap, not a security finding. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | On a WordPress multisite network, a user with only subsite-administrator rights on one site invokes the plugin's verification-management function against user accounts belonging to other sites in the network. Because the plugin never checks that the acting admin is authorized over those target accounts, the attacker marks them 'unverified,' blocking their logins network-wide. Public exploit code for this issue is available from WPScan, lowering the effort for a malicious or compromised subsite admin. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Broken authorization in the Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash WordPress plugin before 3.8.2 lets a subsite administrator on a multisite network flip arbitrary network users outside their own site to an 'unverified' state, locking those accounts out of the site. The flaw only manifests on WordPress multisite installs - default single-site deployments are not affected - and requires the attacker to already hold elevated subsite-admin privileges, so realistic exposure is confined to insider or compromised-admin privilege abuse rather than remote anonymous attack. Publicly available exploit code exists and a vendor fix (3.8.2) is released; there is no confidentiality exposure or code execution, only a targeted denial of login service.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash to 3.8.2 or later (advisory: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/970ca143-4685-484f-96f4-7d5ba5955a2b/), and verify the installed version in the WordPress plugins screen or via WP-CLI (wp plugin list) since the plugin's CPE has no vendor field for automated matching. If the upgrade cannot be applied immediately, the highest-value compensating control is to audit and prune subsite administrator accounts on the multisite network - removing admin rights from any user who does not genuinely need them eliminates the required PR:H foothold outright, at the cost of some delegated site-management flexibility. Alternatively, disable the plugin's user-verification feature (or the plugin itself on subsites that do not use LearnDash) so the vulnerable state-change action is unreachable; the trade-off is loss of the email/account verification workflow those courses may depend on. As a detection and recovery measure, audit user meta for unexpected 'unverified' flags across the network and restore affected accounts, since the attack leaves a visible integrity artifact and its only effect is login denial rather than data theft.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The plugin adds a user email/account verification layer to LearnDash-based learning sites, exposing an administrative action that toggles a user's verification state. In WordPress multisite, each subsite has its own administrator role, but users are shared across the network and only a true network (super) administrator should be able to modify accounts belonging to other sites. The handler performs the state change without a capability or ownership check - it does not confirm that the acting user may manage the targeted account, nor does it verify that the target user belongs to the acting admin's site. This is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): the code authenticates the request but authorizes it against the wrong scope. The impact class is integrity plus availability - an unverified flag prevents the victim from authenticating, producing a denial-of-login condition - with no read access to other users' data. Note that the vendor-supplied vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H) and our assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L) differ mainly on attack complexity and availability severity; both agree the prerequisite is high privileges (PR:H) on a multisite network, which is the dominant exploitability limiter.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Requires existing subsite-admin rights (PR:H); once held, the missing authorization check is trivial to abuse (AC:L); only a verification flag is altered (I:L) causing targeted login denial (A:L), with no data disclosure (C:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
The Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash WordPress plugin before 3.8.2 does not verify that the acting user is permitted to manage the targeted accounts before changing their verification state, allowing a subsite administrator on a multisite network to mark arbitrary network users outside their own site as unverified and prevent those users from logging in.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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EUVD-2026-107059
GHSA-797j-vc38-j7h4
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB