CVE-2026-88904 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The PuppyFW WordPress plugin through 0.4.4 does not have proper authorisation on one of its REST routes, which tests the caller against a capability taken from the request itself, allowing any authenticated user, including subscribers, to add, modify and delete arbitrary blog options and thereby escalate their privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00132.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d65eff64-0c20-4cfe-8ba2-1d202a5e4306/

History

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The PuppyFW WordPress plugin through 0.4.4 does not have proper authorisation on one of its REST routes, which tests the caller against a capability taken from the request itself, allowing any authenticated user, including subscribers, to add, modify and delete arbitrary blog options and thereby escalate their privileges.
Title		PuppyFW <= 0.4.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Blog Options Update and Deletion Leading to Privilege Escalation
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d65eff64-0c20-4cfe-8ba2-1d202a5e4306/

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-17T06:00:12.162Z

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:27:45.017Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T12:18:40.284Z

Link: CVE-2026-88904

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:11:00.359Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-17T06:16:52.203

Modified: 2026-09-17T13:16:57.757

Link: CVE-2026-88904

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

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