Privilege escalation in WordPress Challan plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.
Summary
The WebAppick Challan plugin for WordPress through 3.7.88 has an incorrect privilege assignment flaw (CWE-266). An attacker with high privileges, such as a shop manager, can escalate privileges. Successful exploitation could fully compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Shop Manager Privilege Escalation in Challan <= 3.7.88 versions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Challan.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-39765
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-qcqw-hqvg-264v
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
More WebAppick vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-47377 WordPress CTX Feed plugin <= 6.6.42 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-29959 WordPress Challan plugin <= 3.7.58 - CSRF to Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-28413 WordPress CTX Feed plugin <= 6.6.26 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-26009 WordPress CTX Feed plugin <= 6.5.6 - Arbitrary Options Update vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-18042 WordPress CTX Feed plugin <= 6.6.18 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2019-15983 Cross-site scripting in WebAppick WooCommerce Product Feed CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-39765 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-39765 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qcqw-hqvg-264v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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