CVE-2026-26725

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 20 February 2026

Published

20 February 2026

Modified

14 May 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0043 34.7th percentile

Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-26725 is a critical-severity Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) vulnerability in Edubusinesssolutions Print Shop Pro Webdesk. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 34.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-24 (Access Control Decisions).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2026-26725 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in edu Business Solutions Print Shop Pro WebDesk version 18.34. The flaw allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges through manipulation of the AccessID parameter. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is associated with CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management). The vulnerability was published on 2026-02-20.

A remote attacker requires no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit this issue over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation enables the attacker to gain elevated privileges, resulting in high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.

Further details on the vulnerability, including potential mitigation guidance, are available in the disclosure at https://github.com/chndlrx/vulnerability-disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2026-26725.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-7500

Vulnerability details

An issue in edu Business Solutions Print Shop Pro WebDesk v.18.34 (fixed in 19.76) allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the AccessID parameter.

CWE(s): CWE-269

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.

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Why these techniques?

Unauthenticated remote exploitation of a public-facing web application via AccessID parameter manipulation (T1190) enables privilege escalation due to improper privilege management (T1068).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0