Bread <= 2.9.12 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Bread plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information exposure in versions up to and including 2.9.12. This is due to the lack of authentication and authorization checks on the settings export functionality (download_settings function) which is registered on the plugins_loaded hook and explicitly allows execution on non-admin (public) pages. The function exports all plugin configuration settings including the protection_password field, which is stored in plaintext. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the PDF protection password by accessing the /?export-meeting-list=1 endpoint.
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-2026-4792
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h866-wqgw-w5x9
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c3b0fe6-796b-41c7-b989-439081be181f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread/trunk/admin/class-bread-admin.php#L289
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread/tags/2.9.10/admin/class-bread-admin.php#L289
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread/trunk/includes/class-bread.php#L284
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread/tags/2.9.10/includes/class-bread.php#L284
Sources
- CVE-2026-4792 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4792 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h866-wqgw-w5x9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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