CVE-2026-0832
Published: 28 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-0832 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 20.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-0832 affects the New User Approve plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 3.2.2. The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check on multiple REST API endpoints, enabling unauthorized access to data and modification of data. Classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), it has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility and lack of prerequisites for exploitation.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this issue remotely over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation allows them to approve or deny user accounts, retrieve sensitive user information such as emails and roles, and force logout of privileged users, potentially disrupting site operations and exposing administrative data.
References provided include code locations in the plugin's mobile-api.php file at lines 24 and 60 across tags 3.2.1 and trunk versions, along with changeset 3425140 in the WordPress plugin repository, indicating developer awareness and likely patches applied in the trunk for mitigation through updates.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-4914
Vulnerability details
The New User Approve plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple REST API endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2. This makes it…
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possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve or deny user accounts, retrieve sensitive user information including emails and roles, and force logout of privileged users.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Missing authorization on public REST endpoints in WordPress plugin directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of a public-facing web application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces authorization checks on REST API endpoints, blocking the missing capability checks that allow unauthenticated approve/deny and data retrieval actions.
Requires timely remediation of the identified flaw in the New User Approve plugin (missing capability checks up to 3.2.2).
Enables monitoring of REST API calls for anomalous unauthenticated user-account modifications or information disclosures.