CVE-2026-42562 (GCVE-0-2026-42562)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-09 19:09 – Updated: 2026-05-11 14:50
VLAI?
Title
Plainpad: Privilege Escalation via Writable Admin Field in Profile Update (Access Control)
Summary
Plainpad is a self hosted note taking app. Prior to version 1.1.1, Plainpad allows a low-privilege authenticated user to self-escalate to administrator by submitting admin=true in PUT /api.php/v1/users/{id}. The endpoint directly persists the admin attribute from user input, and the escalated account can immediately access admin-only routes. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.1.
Severity ?
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
alextselegidis plainpad Affected: < 1.1.1
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