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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-118267

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...

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.

At a glance

Exploited
Not known
Severity
8.1 High (CVSS 3.1)
Chance of exploitation
Not estimated
Sources
1 source

What to do

Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and fixes.

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What happened

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.

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update (or delete/insert) enabled. On a default installation, where that is not configured, the vulnerability requires attackers with subscriber-level access and above.

Scores and how they were measured

CVSS base severity

8.1

Version 3.1As of

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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How bad it is if exploited. Not a prediction of exploitation or proof you are exposed.

EPSS probability

Not available

A model's estimate of exploitation in the next 30 days, not certainty or your own risk.

Related technology

Sources

  1. Primary source

    NVD CVE-2026-118267 (opens a new tab)

    NVD record: description, CVSS (the CNA score is preferred), affected products, and publication date. Not evidence of exploitation.

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    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, November 7). 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... (CVE-2026-118267). https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-118267

MLA

"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... (CVE-2026-118267)." KEVWire, 7 Nov. 2026, kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-118267.

Chicago

KEVWire. "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... (CVE-2026-118267)." Last modified November 7, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-118267.

Evidence summary (plain text)

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... (Nov 7, 2026).
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.
CVSS 8.1 (version 3.1; evidence as of Nov 7, 2026; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118267).
Sources:
NVD CVE-2026-118267: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118267
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-07T18:21:01.695Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-07T19:55:57.462Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-07T17:50:57.466Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-07T19:20:57.734Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-07T12:15:58.041Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-07T13:45:58.587Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-07T11:35:57.434Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-07T13:15:55.935Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-07T11:06:00.359Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-07T12:35:55.950Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
Record ID: CVE-2026-118267.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
Known exploitation: Not assessed.
Zero-day status: Not assessed. KEV membership alone does not establish zero-day status.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Nov 7, 2026, 19:55 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

NVD status: Deferred. Publication in the NVD is not evidence of exploitation.

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