CVE-2026-12407
The E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.32.26.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.32.26. This is due to the screen_action() function lacking a dedicated capability check and nonce verification — when invoked via the ?action=screen routing path the controller's index_action() nonce gate is bypassed entirely — while reading an attacker-controlled option name and value from $_POST['wp_screen_options'] and passing them directly to update_option() with no allowlist, relying solely on the page-level e2pdf_templates capability which the plugin's own Permissions UI allows administrators to grant to any role including Subscriber, Contributor, Author, or Editor. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with a custom role that has been granted the e2pdf_templates capability, to overwrite arbitrary WordPress options such as default_role and thereby escalate their privileges to administrator.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.11/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L1233
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.11/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L1235
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.11/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.11/classes/helper/e2pdf-view.php#L90
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.26/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L1233
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.26/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L1235
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.26/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.26/classes/helper/e2pdf-view.php#L90
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3574750%40e2pdf&new=3574750%40e2pdf&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee4c5d34-74cb-443b-9323-90580dbe675e?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.