{"id":"CVE-2026-111631","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-111631","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:14:26.563Z","title":"Distributor before 2.3.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows Contributor-level users to invoke external connection AJAX actions intended for manage_options users.","description":"Distributor before 2.3.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows Contributor-level users to invoke external connection AJAX actions intended for manage_options users. Attackers can call dt_verify_external_connection with a chosen endpointId and url to send stored connection credentials to attacker-controlled servers, or abuse dt_begin_authorization to create connections.","published":"2026-10-16T18:17:43.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-16T22:17:21.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14251,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-17","score":0.00235,"percentile":0.13352}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-16T18:17:43.000Z","detail":{"score":"5.3","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-16T18:17:43.330Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 5.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/10up/distributor/blob/2.3.1/includes/external-connection-cpt.php#L231-L263","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/10up/distributor/blob/2.3.1/includes/external-connection-cpt.php#L716-L734","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/10up/distributor/commit/71542b924fdd446a4183f32b928388d286ae5bb3","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/10up/distributor/releases/tag/2.3.2","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/10up/distributor/security/advisories/GHSA-pxgv-j98h-3xhw","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/distributor-before-2.3.2-missing-authorization-in-external-connection-ajax-actions","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111631","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}