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high·Product Based Web Vulnerabilities·Updated Nov 9, 2026

WP Data Access <= 5.5.89 - Incorrect Authorization to Privilege Escalation

Est. Time~10 seconds
Scan TypeGroup Scan
Targetsdomain, subdomain, ipv4
CostFree
20
Times Used
continuous scan runs
10
Continuously Checked
assets under CS
0
Vulnerabilities Found
confirmed findings
References
8.1
CVSShigh
Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.
Description

The WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization leading to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.89 This is due to the plugin's write endpoints (`wpda/app/update`, `wpda/app/delete`, `wpda/app/insert`) passing the attacker-supplied `key` and `val` parameters directly to `$wpdadb->update`, `$wpdadb->delete`, and `$wpdadb->insert` without enforcing the container's row-filter (`defaultWhere`) or per-column allow-list (`isSelected`) restrictions that are correctly applied on the read endpoints. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to write to arbitrary rows and columns outside the configured restrictions — including overwriting the `user_pass` field of the WordPress administrator account in `wp_users` — and subsequently authenticate as the administrator, achieving full site takeover. Exploitation requires an administrator to have published a Data App that enables write transactions (update, delete, or insert) for Subscriber-level or anonymous users, which is an explicitly advertised use-case of the plugin. Exploitation by unauthenticated attackers requires that the administrator has published a Data App whose rest_api.authorization is 'anonymous' and whose container has transactions.update (or delete/insert) enabled. On a default installation, where that is not configured, the vulnerability requires attackers with subscriber-level access and above.

Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req.
None
User Interaction
None
Affected
WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Mapsby peterschulznl
0
Updated Nov 10, 2026View on NVD →

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