CVE-2026-78138: CWE-200 Information Exposure in Finale Lite
Description
CVE-2026-78138 is a medium severity information exposure vulnerability in the Finale Lite WordPress plugin before version 2.21.0. The plugin fails to perform a capability check on an AJAX action that returns sales campaign configuration data for arbitrary post IDs. This allows any authenticated user with Subscriber or higher privileges to access campaign configuration and scheduling details that should be restricted.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Finale Lite
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Finale Lite WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.21.0 contain an information exposure vulnerability (CWE-200) due to missing capability checks on an AJAX action. This flaw permits any authenticated user, including those with minimal privileges such as Subscriber, to retrieve configuration and scheduling data of sales campaigns for arbitrary post IDs. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3, indicating a medium impact primarily on confidentiality. There is no vendor advisory or patch information currently available, and no known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
An attacker with any authenticated user account (Subscriber or higher) can read sensitive campaign configuration and scheduling data from the Finale Lite plugin. This exposure could potentially reveal internal marketing or sales strategies but does not affect integrity or availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict user accounts to only trusted users and monitor for suspicious access patterns related to campaign data retrieval.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-23T04:45:27.745Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a8fd7c3acd9273b49e1781c
Added to database: 08/27/2026, 06:22:59 UTC
Last enriched: 09/10/2026, 09:09:36 UTC
Last updated: 10/09/2026, 18:48:23 UTC
Views: 87
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