CVE-2026-0832
The New User Approve plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple REST API endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The New User Approve plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple REST API endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve or deny user accounts, retrieve sensitive user information including emails and roles, and force logout of privileged users.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/new-user-approve/tags/3.2.1/includes/end-points/mobile-api.php#L24
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/new-user-approve/tags/3.2.1/includes/end-points/mobile-api.php#L60
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/new-user-approve/trunk/includes/end-points/mobile-api.php#L24
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/new-user-approve/trunk/includes/end-points/mobile-api.php#L60
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3425140%40new-user-approve&new=3425140%40new-user-approve&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3442291%40new-user-approve&new=3442291%40new-user-approve&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f86a69ab-2fc5-4c84-872b-929dbec429cd?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.