Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege WordPress user
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ExploitSend request to unprotected plugin endpoint
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ExecutionBypass missing capability check
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ImpactRead restricted audit-log 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 existing authenticated session on the target WordPress site: per CVSS PR:L the attacker must already hold a low-privilege account, so this is not anonymously exploitable. The flaw is a missing capability/authorization check on a WP Admin Audit plugin function affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.17. No user interaction is required (UI:N) and no special non-default configuration is indicated by the description. Limiting factors: the need for any valid account, the confidentiality-only impact (C:L, I:N, A:N) restricting consequences to unauthorized data access, and the plugin's limited deployment footprint. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity Missing Authorization flaw (CWE-862) with a vendor-reported CVSS 3.1 score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), meaning network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation by an already-authenticated low-privilege user, yielding only limited confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact. The signals are internally consistent and point to a low real-world priority rather than a critical issue: the scope is a single niche WordPress audit-logging plugin, impact is confined to unauthorized read access (C:L only), and exploitation requires a valid authenticated account (PR:L), which materially limits a purely anonymous attacker. No EPSS score was supplied, so statistical exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified from the input. The CVE is NOT on the CISA KEV list and no public exploit code was identified, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The only data source is a single Patchstack advisory; no independent NVD CPE version confirmation beyond 'n/a through 1.2.17' and no corroborating vendor advisory were provided. Overall, treat this as a low-to-moderate patch-when-convenient item, not an emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a low-privileged authenticated account (e.g., a subscriber or contributor) on a WordPress site running WP Admin Audit ≤1.2.17 sends a request to a plugin endpoint that fails to verify the caller's capability. Because authorization is not enforced, the attacker reads audit-log data or other restricted information that should be limited to administrators. No public exploit code is known, but the low attack complexity (AC:L) and network vector (AV:N) make the action trivial once authenticated. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 05, 2026
Missing authorization checks in the WordPress plugin WP Admin Audit (Brandtoss) through version 1.2.17 let an already-authenticated low-privilege user reach plugin functionality and audit data they are not permitted to see. Per the assessed CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) the attacker must hold a valid account on the target site, so the flaw is not anonymously exploitable, and the impact is limited to confidentiality with no integrity or availability effect. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not in CISA KEV; severity is moderate (vendor-reported 4.3), with the main risk being disclosure of audit-log information to subscribers or other low-privilege accounts.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch was identified in the available data at time of analysis, so administrators should first check the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-admin-audit/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-admin-audit-plugin-1-2-17-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) and the plugin's WordPress.org page for a version newer than 1.2.17 and upgrade as soon as one is published; if no fix is available, deactivate and remove the plugin - the trade-off being loss of audit-logging visibility, which can be offset by a server-side or host-level audit mechanism. As compensating controls, restrict and review all user accounts on affected sites and remove or downgrade unnecessary low-privilege users, since exploitation requires a valid authenticated session (PR:L); block requests that target the plugin's endpoints or admin-ajax actions via WAF rules, accepting that such rules may break legitimate admin functionality and can be bypassed by request obfuscation; and enable monitoring for unexpected access to audit-log pages so that unauthorized reads by low-privilege accounts are detected. None of these controls removes the underlying missing authorization check, so patching remains the definitive fix once a fixed version is released.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) in a WordPress plugin that records and displays administrative activity logs. WordPress plugins enforce access control through capability checks such as current_user_can(), nonce validation, and permission_callback arguments on register_rest_route() or admin_post/admin_ajax handlers; when one of these checks is omitted on a function that reads audit records, any logged-in user - regardless of role - can invoke it directly. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:brandtoss:wp_admin_audit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* indicates the affected component is the Brandtoss WP Admin Audit plugin itself across the version range ending at 1.2.17, and the issue was reported and catalogued by Patchstack as a broken access control / authentication bypass condition affecting that plugin. Deployment exposure depends on how many WordPress sites have the plugin active, and exploitation requires an authenticated session (PR:L in the CVSS vector), plus knowledge of the plugin's endpoint or action name, which is not secret.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Authenticated low-privilege WordPress user over the network (PR:L, AV:N, AC:L) exploiting a missing authorization check for limited data disclosure, so C:L with no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Brandtoss WP Admin Audit wp-admin-audit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Admin Audit: from n/a through 1.2.17.
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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.
EUVD-2026-92309
GHSA-h6pj-hfqx-f9cp
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