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CVE-2026-8499

The Helpfulcrowd Product Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass via PHP Type Juggling in versions up to, and including, 1.2.9. This is due to the `helpfulcrowd_validate_token()` function using a loose comparison operator (`!=`) instead of a strict comparison (`!==`) when validating the `token` parameter, while the corresponding REST route `/wp-json/helpfulcrowd/v1/update-settings` is registered with a `permission_callback` of `__return_true`, making it reachable by un
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:aada2c31f10aa547ca98330a5e6c2aa4cccbba6e83d8e41ecbd1cf0dd3b9f0c8
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Helpfulcrowd Product Reviews","vendor":"helpfulcrowd","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.2.9","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c90e531505def80ff94879c258e61b4da7cebbc5918e4d8f32ecbe974119cbfb · sha256:2bae4ae4a6dc9c12… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c90e531505def80ff94879c258e61b4da7cebbc5918e4d8f32ecbe974119cbfb · sha256:2bae4ae4a6dc9c12… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-843","description":"CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c90e531505def80ff94879c258e61b4da7cebbc5918e4d8f32ecbe974119cbfb · sha256:2bae4ae4a6dc9c12… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

4 source assertions
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/helpfulcrowd-product-reviews/tags/1.2.9/includes/HelpfulcrowdCustomEndpoints.php#L13"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c90e531505def80ff94879c258e61b4da7cebbc5918e4d8f32ecbe974119cbfb · sha256:2bae4ae4a6dc9c12… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/helpfulcrowd-product-reviews/tags/1.2.9/includes/HelpfulcrowdCustomEndpoints.php#L71"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c90e531505def80ff94879c258e61b4da7cebbc5918e4d8f32ecbe974119cbfb · sha256:2bae4ae4a6dc9c12… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/helpfulcrowd-product-reviews/tags/1.2.9/includes/core.php#L122"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c90e531505def80ff94879c258e61b4da7cebbc5918e4d8f32ecbe974119cbfb · sha256:2bae4ae4a6dc9c12… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/26f34aa0-8584-4156-b084-d34a0ab0a997?source=cve"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c90e531505def80ff94879c258e61b4da7cebbc5918e4d8f32ecbe974119cbfb · sha256:2bae4ae4a6dc9c12… · /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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