Missing authorization in Liaison Site Prober
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Liaison Site Prober plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to and including 1.2.1 via the /wp-json/site-prober/v1/logs REST API endpoint. The permissions_read() permission callback unconditionally returns true (via __return_true()) instead of checking for appropriate capabilities. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive audit log data including IP addresses, user IDs, usernames, login/logout events, failed login attempts, and detailed activity descriptions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-3569
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x2pj-x7hv-qm35
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eda5addb-40e2-4187-b803-34500b36be0a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/liaison-site-prober/trunk/includes/class-liaison-rest-controller.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/liaison-site-prober/tags/1.2.1/includes/class-liaison-rest-controller.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/liaison-site-prober/trunk/includes/class-liaison-rest-controller.php#L90
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/liaison-site-prober/tags/1.2.1/includes/class-liaison-rest-controller.php#L90
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/liaison-site-prober/trunk/includes/class-liaison-rest-controller.php#L19
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/liaison-site-prober/tags/1.2.1/includes/class-liaison-rest-controller.php#L19
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3481019%40liaison-site-prober&new=3481019%40liaison-site-prober&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Sources
- CVE-2026-3569 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3569 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x2pj-x7hv-qm35 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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