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CVE-2026-78153 (GCVE-0-2026-78153)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-02 14:16 – Updated: 2026-09-02 14:57

Title

Restrict User Access 2.6 - 2.8 - Unauthenticated Content Protection Bypass via REST API Route Normalization

Summary

The Restrict User Access WordPress plugin before 2.8.1 does not normalise the REST API route before checking it against the routes its content protection covers, allowing unauthenticated users to bypass that protection and read restricted content and enumerate users.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-02 14:46 UTC

CWE

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d17c00fc-002a-4f…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Unknown	Restrict User Access	Affected: 2.6 , < 2.8.1 (semver)	guessed

Credits

Shivamani Vastrala WPScan

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FKIE_CVE-2026-78153

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-02 15:17 - Updated: 2026-09-02 15:17

Severity

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d17c00fc-002a-4f5f-9255-dcc34da89d90/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-2HP9-5V75-V9JJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-02 15:34 – Updated: 2026-09-02 15:34

Details

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-2hp9-5v75-v9jj",
  "modified": "2026-09-02T15:34:49Z",
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CVE-2026-78153 (GCVE-0-2026-78153)

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