WordPress < 6.3.2 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• fedoraproject fedora37
• fedoraproject fedora38
• wordpress wordpress4.3 and later · up to 4.3.31 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress4.4 and later · up to 4.4.30 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress4.5 and later · up to 4.5.29 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress4.6 and later · up to 4.6.26 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress4.7 and later · up to 4.7.26 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress4.8 and later · up to 4.8.22 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress4.9 and later · up to 4.9.23 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress5.0 and later · up to 5.0.19 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress5.1 and later · up to 5.1.16 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress5.2 and later · up to 5.2.18 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress4.1 and later · up to 4.1.38 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress5.4 and later · up to 5.4.13 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress5.5 and later · up to 5.5.12 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress5.6 and later · up to 5.6.11 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress5.7 and later · up to 5.7.9 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress5.8 and later · up to 5.8.7 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress5.9 and later · up to 5.9.7 inclusive
• wordpress wordpress6.0 and later · up to 6.0.5 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• WordPress.org WordPress

  • 6.3 and later · up to and including 6.3.1affectedfixed in 6.3.2
  • 6.2 and later · up to and including 6.2.2affectedfixed in 6.2.3
  • 6.1 and later · up to and including 6.1.3affectedfixed in 6.1.4
  • 6.0 and later · up to and including 6.0.5affectedfixed in 6.0.6
  • 5.9 and later · up to and including 5.9.7affectedfixed in 5.9.8
  • 5.8 and later · up to and including 5.8.7affectedfixed in 5.8.8
  • 5.7 and later · up to and including 5.7.9affectedfixed in 5.7.10
  • 5.6 and later · up to and including 5.6.11affectedfixed in 5.6.12
  • 5.5 and later · up to and including 5.5.12affectedfixed in 5.5.13
  • 5.4 and later · up to and including 5.4.13affectedfixed in 5.4.14

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2026-87902An unauthenticated attacker can make `get_page_template()` page-template resolution include a chosen readable local `.php` file outside the KEV
  74This week
• CVE-2026-63030WordPress < 7.0.2 - REST API batch-route confusion and SQL injection issue leading to Remote Code ExecutionKEV
  72This week
• CVE-2026-60137WordPress < 7.0.2 - Facilitated SQL Injection via author__not_in in WP_QueryKEV
  60This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

• ← EarlierCVE-2023-2745May 17, 2023 · WordPress Core < 6.2.1 - Directory Traversal
  45Plan
• ← EarlierCVE-2023-38000Oct 13, 2023 · Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core and Gutenberg plugin via Navigation Links Block
  21Monitor
• Later →CVE-2023-5561Oct 16, 2023 · WordPress < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Post Author Email Disclosure
  22Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.