CVE-2026-107506: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Simple Banner
Description
The Simple Banner WordPress plugin before 3.3.3 does not correctly limit the capabilities it grants to the user roles an administrator allows to manage its banners, granting such roles the full administrator capability, which allows users in a low-privileged role to escalate their privileges and fully compromise the site.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Simple Banner
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-107506 describes an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) in the Simple Banner WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.3.3. The plugin incorrectly assigns full administrator capabilities to user roles that an administrator designates to manage banners. This misconfiguration allows users with limited privileges to escalate their access rights to full administrator level, leading to a complete compromise of the affected WordPress site.
Potential Impact
Users with low-privileged roles can escalate their privileges to full administrator level, enabling them to take complete control over the WordPress site. This can lead to unauthorized modifications, data breaches, or site takeover.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Simple Banner plugin to version 3.3.3 or later, where this privilege management issue is fixed. Since the vulnerability affects versions before 3.3.3, applying the official update is the recommended remediation.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-08T09:16:10.726Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ad855da2cdf04f656afe412
Added to database: 10/21/2026, 06:04:10 UTC
Last enriched: 10/21/2026, 06:34:22 UTC
Last updated: 10/21/2026, 13:40:20 UTC
Views: 5
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