FKIE_CVE-2026-4314

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-22 04:16 - Updated: 2026-03-23 14:31
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The 'The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended' plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This is due to the `isDashboardOrProfileRequest()` method in the Menu Editor module using an insecure `strpos()` check against `$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']` to determine if a request targets the dashboard or profile page. The `grantVirtualCaps()` method, which is hooked into the `user_has_cap` filter, grants elevated capabilities including `manage_options` when this check returns true. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to gain administrative capabilities by appending a crafted query parameter to any admin URL, allowing them to update arbitrary WordPress options and ultimately create new Administrator accounts.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/tags/3.2.4/modules/menu-editor/Bootstrap.php#L135
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/tags/3.2.4/modules/menu-editor/Bootstrap.php#L207
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=3475963&old_path=wpextended%2Ftrunk%2Fmodules%2Fmenu-editor%2FBootstrap.php&new=&new_path=wpextended%2Ftrunk%2Fmodules%2Fmenu-editor%2FBootstrap.php
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38ea001c-6edb-4f36-a7ec-19be1d857b9e?source=cve
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