CVE-2026-32530
Published: 25 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-32530 is a high-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 13.0th 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-6 (Least Privilege) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-32530 is an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability (CWE-266) in the Creator LMS WordPress plugin developed by WPFunnels, enabling privilege escalation. This issue affects Creator LMS versions from unknown initial release through 1.1.18.
The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with low privileges (PR:L) over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation grants high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H), as reflected in its CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
The Patchstack advisory documents this privilege escalation vulnerability in the WordPress Creator LMS plugin version 1.1.18 and provides relevant mitigation guidance.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-15899
Vulnerability details
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in WPFunnels Creator LMS creatorlms allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Creator LMS: from n/a through <= 1.1.18.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Direct privilege escalation via incorrect privilege assignment (CWE-266) in a web plugin vulnerability matches T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation; attacker with low privileges can exploit to gain high C/I/A impact.
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Mitigating Controls
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SI-2 requires timely flaw remediation, directly preventing exploitation of the known privilege escalation vulnerability in Creator LMS versions through 1.1.18 by applying patches.
AC-6 enforces the principle of least privilege, directly mitigating incorrect privilege assignment by ensuring only minimal necessary privileges are granted to users or processes.
AC-2 establishes robust account and privilege management processes, reducing the risk of incorrect privilege assignments that enable escalation in the Creator LMS plugin.