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GHSA-X37J-Q2H4-MFMW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-12 18:31

Details

The User Access Manager WordPress plugin before 2.3.15 does not apply its access restrictions to REST API requests, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read the content of posts, pages and custom post types that have been restricted to specific user groups.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-18035 (GCVE-0-2026-18035)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-12 17:16

Title

User Access Manager < 2.3.15 - Unauthenticated Restricted Content Disclosure via REST API

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-12 17:15 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9c5cae62-4c4c-43…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	User Access Manager	Affected: 0 , < 2.3.15 (semver)

Credits

Farid Narimanov WPScan

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GHSA-X37J-Q2H4-MFMW

CVE-2026-18035 (GCVE-0-2026-18035)

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