CVE-2026-16276: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Classified Listing
The Classified Listing WordPress plugin before version 5.4.4 contains a missing authorization vulnerability. Specifically, it fails to perform a capability check on an AJAX action that returns aggregated store revenue totals. This flaw allows users with contributor-level access and above to view daily revenue figures that should be restricted to administrators and report managers.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-16276 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Classified Listing WordPress plugin prior to version 5.4.4. The plugin does not verify user capabilities on an AJAX endpoint that returns aggregated store revenue totals. As a result, users with contributor-level permissions or higher can access sensitive financial data normally limited to higher privileged roles such as administrators and report managers.
Potential Impact
Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive financial information occurs, allowing lower-privileged users to access daily revenue figures. This could lead to information leakage impacting business confidentiality. There is no indication of further privilege escalation or code execution from the provided data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict contributor-level access or higher to trusted users only. Monitor for updates from the plugin vendor regarding a security patch addressing this missing authorization issue.
CVE-2026-16276: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Classified Listing
Description
The Classified Listing WordPress plugin before version 5.4.4 contains a missing authorization vulnerability. Specifically, it fails to perform a capability check on an AJAX action that returns aggregated store revenue totals. This flaw allows users with contributor-level access and above to view daily revenue figures that should be restricted to administrators and report managers.
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-16276 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Classified Listing WordPress plugin prior to version 5.4.4. The plugin does not verify user capabilities on an AJAX endpoint that returns aggregated store revenue totals. As a result, users with contributor-level permissions or higher can access sensitive financial data normally limited to higher privileged roles such as administrators and report managers.
Potential Impact
Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive financial information occurs, allowing lower-privileged users to access daily revenue figures. This could lead to information leakage impacting business confidentiality. There is no indication of further privilege escalation or code execution from the provided data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict contributor-level access or higher to trusted users only. Monitor for updates from the plugin vendor regarding a security patch addressing this missing authorization issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-20T10:04:48.146Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a70364ebf32cb7a34183124
Added to database: 08/03/2026, 06:33:50 UTC
Last enriched: 08/03/2026, 06:50:47 UTC
Last updated: 08/03/2026, 06:57:46 UTC
Views: 2
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