CVE-2026-118267 PUBLISHED

WP Data Access <= 5.5.89 - Incorrect Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'key' and 'val' Parameters on app/update, app/delete, app/insert

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 27.10.2026 Published: 07.11.2026 Updated: 07.11.2026

The WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization leading to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.89 This is due to the plugin's write endpoints (wpda/app/update, wpda/app/delete, wpda/app/insert) passing the attacker-supplied key and val parameters directly to $wpdadb->update, $wpdadb->delete, and $wpdadb->insert without enforcing the container's row-filter (defaultWhere) or per-column allow-list (isSelected) restrictions that are correctly applied on the read endpoints. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to write to arbitrary rows and columns outside the configured restrictions — including overwriting the user_pass field of the WordPress administrator account in wp_users — and subsequently authenticate as the administrator, achieving full site takeover. Exploitation requires an administrator to have published a Data App that enables write transactions (update, delete, or insert) for Subscriber-level or anonymous users, which is an explicitly advertised use-case of the plugin. Exploitation by unauthenticated attackers requires that the administrator has published a Data App whose rest_api.authorization is 'anonymous' and whose container has transactions.update (or delete/insert) enabled. On a default installation, where that is not configured, the vulnerability requires attackers with subscriber-level access and above.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.1

Product Status

Vendor peterschulznl
Product WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 5.5.89 (incl.)

Credits

  • Kuba finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization CWE