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GHSA-8HXC-9FG4-27RV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-04 12:30 – Updated: 2026-03-04 12:30

Details

The Seraphinite Accelerator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the seraph_accel_api AJAX action with fn=LogClear in all versions up to, and including, 2.28.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to clear the plugin's debug/operational logs.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2026-3056 (GCVE-0-2026-3056)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-04 11:22 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:10

Title

Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.28.14 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Log Clearing

Summary

The Seraphinite Accelerator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `seraph_accel_api` AJAX action with `fn=LogClear` in all versions up to, and including, 2.28.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to clear the plugin's debug/operational logs.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seraph…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seraph…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3468…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	seraphinitesoft	Seraphinite Accelerator	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.28.14 (semver)

Credits

Nabil Irawan

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8HXC-9FG4-27RV

CVE-2026-3056 (GCVE-0-2026-3056)

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