CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-4314
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
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended","vendor":"wpextended","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.2.4","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fad3832d7e3493dfebc2543ee2f4131e7eb8c8559f6cd007c7a5e2b86f4617b1 · sha256:96cfa71837f2f396… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fad3832d7e3493dfebc2543ee2f4131e7eb8c8559f6cd007c7a5e2b86f4617b1 · sha256:96cfa71837f2f396… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/tags/3.2.4/modules/menu-editor/Bootstrap.php#L135"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fad3832d7e3493dfebc2543ee2f4131e7eb8c8559f6cd007c7a5e2b86f4617b1 · sha256:96cfa71837f2f396… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/tags/3.2.4/modules/menu-editor/Bootstrap.php#L207"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fad3832d7e3493dfebc2543ee2f4131e7eb8c8559f6cd007c7a5e2b86f4617b1 · sha256:96cfa71837f2f396… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://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"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fad3832d7e3493dfebc2543ee2f4131e7eb8c8559f6cd007c7a5e2b86f4617b1 · sha256:96cfa71837f2f396… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38ea001c-6edb-4f36-a7ec-19be1d857b9e?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fad3832d7e3493dfebc2543ee2f4131e7eb8c8559f6cd007c7a5e2b86f4617b1 · sha256:96cfa71837f2f396… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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