CVE-2026-22337: CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Directorist Directorist Social Login
CVE-2026-22337 is a critical vulnerability in the Directorist Social Login plugin caused by incorrect privilege assignment, allowing privilege escalation. It affects versions before 2.1.4. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely without user interaction to fully compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently provided by the vendor. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CWE-266) in Directorist Social Login involves incorrect privilege assignment that enables an attacker to escalate privileges improperly. The issue affects all versions prior to 2.1.4. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates that an unauthenticated attacker can exploit this remotely with low complexity and no user interaction, resulting in complete compromise of the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or official remediation level has been disclosed yet.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. This can lead to complete compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the scope of the Directorist Social Login plugin environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, consider restricting access to the affected plugin or disabling it if feasible to reduce exposure.
CVE-2026-22337: CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Directorist Directorist Social Login
Description
CVE-2026-22337 is a critical vulnerability in the Directorist Social Login plugin caused by incorrect privilege assignment, allowing privilege escalation. It affects versions before 2.1.4. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 9.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely without user interaction to fully compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently provided by the vendor. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.8critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CWE-266) in Directorist Social Login involves incorrect privilege assignment that enables an attacker to escalate privileges improperly. The issue affects all versions prior to 2.1.4. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates that an unauthenticated attacker can exploit this remotely with low complexity and no user interaction, resulting in complete compromise of the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No patch or official remediation level has been disclosed yet.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges, potentially gaining full control over the affected system. This can lead to complete compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the scope of the Directorist Social Login plugin environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, consider restricting access to the affected plugin or disabling it if feasible to reduce exposure.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-07T12:21:11.735Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 69ef3e3cba26a39fba196b28
Added to database: 4/27/2026, 10:45:16 AM
Last enriched: 5/5/2026, 7:14:42 AM
Last updated: 6/12/2026, 5:07:03 AM
Views: 61
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