Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-32495

High

Published: 25 March 2026

Published
25 March 2026
Modified
24 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0005 15.1th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-32495 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 15.1th 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-2026-32495 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the WP Terms Popup WordPress plugin from Link Software LLC. It enables exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 2.10.0. The vulnerability was published on 2026-03-25 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) can exploit this issue remotely over the network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). Exploitation results in high confidentiality impact (C:H), allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data, but does not affect integrity or availability.

Patchstack provides details on the vulnerability and mitigation in their advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-terms-popup/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-terms-popup-plugin-2-10-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Link Software LLC WP Terms Popup wp-terms-popup allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Terms Popup: from n/a through <= 2.10.0.

CWE(s)
CWE-862

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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Why these techniques?

Missing authorization (CWE-862) in public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote unauthenticated exploitation for sensitive data access, directly mapping to T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match
prevent

Directly enforces approved authorizations for access to information and resources, countering the missing authorization that allows unauthenticated access to sensitive data.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like this plugin vulnerability, preventing exploitation through patching.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Implements least privilege to restrict access to only necessary functions, mitigating the impact of bypassed or missing authorization checks.

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