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GHSA-G4V7-86P8-GX99

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-12 15:30

Details

The WPC Admin Columns WordPress plugin before 2.3.4 does not have authorisation checks in one of its AJAX actions, allowing users with a role as low as subscriber to read arbitrary user, post and term metadata, including data belonging to administrators.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


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

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  ],
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  "modified": "2026-08-12T15:30:43Z",
  "published": "2026-08-12T06:30:50Z",
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CVE-2026-18943 (GCVE-0-2026-18943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-12 12:30

Title

WPC Admin Columns < 2.3.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary User/Post/Term Meta Disclosure

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-12 12:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-200 Information Exposure
CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9f2f3db0-1031-4e…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	WPC Admin Columns	Affected: 0 , < 2.3.4 (semver)

Credits

Farid Narimanov WPScan

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GHSA-G4V7-86P8-GX99

CVE-2026-18943 (GCVE-0-2026-18943)

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