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CVE-2026-113584VulnerabilityPublished

The placester WordPress plugin through 1.4.3 does not perform any capability, nonce or ownership check on an AJAX

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-113584· High

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 07:33 UTC

Severity
High

Rated High by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
placesterAffected
  • <=1.4.3
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, restrict access to the affected AJAX action if possible and monitor for suspicious activity related to account email changes.

Description

The placester WordPress plugin versions through 1.4.3 lack proper capability, nonce, and ownership checks on an AJAX action that updates account details. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to overwrite any user's email address, including administrators, enabling account takeover via the password-reset process.

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