Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged user
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ExploitTamper user-controlled object key
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ExecutionBypass ownership access-control check
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ImpactModify another user's myCred record
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated low-privileged account on a WordPress site with the myCred plugin active (PR:L); on sites with open user registration, any registered subscriber qualifies. Exploitation hinges on supplying a user-controlled key/object identifier that the plugin uses to select a record without verifying that the record belongs to the requesting user, so the attacker references another user's object. Limiting factors: authentication is mandatory (not exploitable by fully anonymous attackers per the CVSS vector), impact is confined to integrity and availability of affected records with no confidentiality exposure, and only versions up to and including 4.0.0-beta.1 are affected. The exact feature/endpoint carrying the vulnerable parameter is not specified in the available sources. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity authorization/IDOR flaw (CWE-639) in the myCred WordPress plugin, scored CVSS 5.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L). The signals are internally consistent and point to a real-but-not-urgent issue: the attack vector is network-based with low complexity and no user interaction, but it requires authenticated privileges (PR:L), which limits it to attackers who hold a valid low-privileged account on the target site. Impact is bounded - confidentiality is unaffected (C:N) with only low integrity and availability impact (I:L/A:L) - so this is not a site-takeover or data-exfiltration primitive. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now/emergency), aligning with the moderate CVSS. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit were provided in the input, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization; this is a priority to patch on a normal cycle rather than an emergency. The main gap is mechanistic: the description does not specify which exact object reference or endpoint is abused, so the precise exploitation surface should be confirmed against the Patchstack advisory. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who holds a low-privileged authenticated account (e.g., a subscriber on a site with open registration) manipulates a user-controlled identifier in a myCred request so that it references another user's object instead of their own, bypassing the intended access-control check. Because the key is attacker-controlled and the server fails to verify ownership, they can tamper with records tied to other users, producing limited integrity and availability impact (I:L/A:L). No public exploit code was identified in the input, so exploitation would require crafting the request from the described IDOR behavior. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 22, 2026
Authorization bypass (CWE-639) in the myCred WordPress plugin through 4.0.0-beta.1 lets an authenticated low-privileged user - on sites with open registration, any ordinary subscriber - reference another user's record by supplying a user-controlled key, altering or disrupting data the attacker does not own. The CVSS:3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L) scores it 5.4: no confidentiality exposure, limited integrity and availability impact, and authentication is mandatory (PR:L), so fully anonymous attackers are out of scope. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the specific feature or endpoint carrying the vulnerable parameter is not described in the available sources, and patch status lags - only a Patchstack database entry for 4.0.0-beta.1 is referenced, with no fixed version stated.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - the single supplied reference is Patchstack's database entry for myCred 4.0.0-beta.1 and it states no fixed version, so check the myCred plugin page and Patchstack entry (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/mycred/vulnerability/wordpress-mycred-plugin-4-0-0-beta-1-insecure-direct-object-references-idor-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) for a release newer than 4.0.0-beta.1 before assuming a fix exists, and treat updating as the only complete remedy once one is published. Because exploitation requires a low-privileged authenticated account (PR:L) and the vulnerable endpoint is not disclosed, the actionable compensating controls are account-surface reductions: close open registration or gate it behind approval so subscribers cannot self-provision (trade-off: blocks legitimate signups and self-service onboarding), and strip unnecessary capabilities from default subscriber-level roles so fewer accounts can reach myCred functionality at all (trade-off: may break genuine front-end points features for those users). Where the plugin is not essential, deactivating it removes the exposure entirely but forfeits all points, ranks and rewards functionality and any shortcodes rendered on the site. Given the this_month decision label, schedule the version review and role/registration tightening within the current maintenance cycle rather than as an emergency change.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
myCred is a points, ranks and rewards plugin for WordPress, storing balances and related records in custom database tables and exposing them through plugin endpoints and shortcodes. The flaw class is CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), the IDOR pattern in which the plugin takes a client-supplied identifier - a user ID, ledger/transaction ID or similar object key - and uses it to select or mutate a record without checking that the record belongs to the requesting user or that the caller holds the capability required to touch it. The CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L vector indicates the attack is network-reachable, needs no special conditions beyond the standard request path, requires a low-privileged authenticated account, needs no victim interaction, and stays within one security scope; impact is scored only on integrity and availability, with no confidentiality loss. CPE cpe:2.3:a:mycred:mycred:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the affected component is the plugin itself across all versions in scope, with 4.0.0-beta.1 as the upper bound evidenced. Notably, the trigger path is not described in the available sources: neither the vulnerable endpoint, the parameter name, nor the record type it addresses is documented, so the exact request sequence an attacker would use remains unverified.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Network-reachable IDOR requiring a valid low-privileged account (PR:L) with no user interaction; no confidentiality exposure (C:N) but limited integrity/availability tampering of other users' records.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in myCred myCred mycred allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects myCred: from n/a through 4.0.0-beta.1.
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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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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in myCred myCred - Po
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EUVD-2026-108055
GHSA-4gg9-rw7r-3w7x
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