CVE-2026-12134: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in beardev JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more
The JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.8. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary season groups or modify existing group names, participants, and round-type options. Exploitation requires obtaining the joomsportajaxnonce, which is exposed on frontend pages that render a JoomSport shortcode.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-12134 is an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-862) in the beardev JoomSport WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 5.7.8. The plugin fails to properly verify that a user is authorized to perform certain actions, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or higher to create arbitrary season groups or modify existing group names, participants, and round-type options. The attack requires obtaining the joomsportajaxnonce token, which is accessible on frontend pages that render the JoomSport shortcode. This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3, indicating medium severity.
Potential Impact
An attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can bypass authorization controls to modify or create season groups and related data within the JoomSport plugin. This could lead to unauthorized data manipulation within the sports league management context. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch is currently documented. Until a patch is available, restrict subscriber-level access to trusted users and monitor for suspicious activity related to JoomSport plugin usage. Review frontend exposure of the joomsportajaxnonce token and consider limiting shortcode usage or access to mitigate token exposure.
CVE-2026-12134: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in beardev JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more
Description
The JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.8. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary season groups or modify existing group names, participants, and round-type options. Exploitation requires obtaining the joomsportajaxnonce, which is exposed on frontend pages that render a JoomSport shortcode.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-12134 is an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-862) in the beardev JoomSport WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 5.7.8. The plugin fails to properly verify that a user is authorized to perform certain actions, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or higher to create arbitrary season groups or modify existing group names, participants, and round-type options. The attack requires obtaining the joomsportajaxnonce token, which is accessible on frontend pages that render the JoomSport shortcode. This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3, indicating medium severity.
Potential Impact
An attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can bypass authorization controls to modify or create season groups and related data within the JoomSport plugin. This could lead to unauthorized data manipulation within the sports league management context. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or patch is currently documented. Until a patch is available, restrict subscriber-level access to trusted users and monitor for suspicious activity related to JoomSport plugin usage. Review frontend exposure of the joomsportajaxnonce token and consider limiting shortcode usage or access to mitigate token exposure.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-12T15:33:51.321Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a4634ab27e9c79719a6e2dd
Added to database: 07/02/2026, 09:51:39 UTC
Last enriched: 07/02/2026, 10:07:53 UTC
Last updated: 07/02/2026, 23:29:34 UTC
Views: 6
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