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GHSA-VMQG-PQJ8-5W8H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-23 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-23 06:30

Details

The RestrictMate WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 does not restrict the user role supplied during account registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and gain a logged-in administrator session, leading to full site takeover.

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  "id": "GHSA-vmqg-pqj8-5w8h",
  "modified": "2026-08-23T06:30:22Z",
  "published": "2026-08-23T06:30:22Z",
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CVE-2026-13598 (GCVE-0-2026-13598)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-23 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-23 06:00

Title

RestrictMate < 1.3.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05fd8e45-92fa-4e…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	RestrictMate	Affected: 0 , < 1.3.0 (semver)

Credits

João Ramos Maciel WPScan

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GHSA-VMQG-PQJ8-5W8H

CVE-2026-13598 (GCVE-0-2026-13598)

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