Privilege escalation in FooSales WordPress plugin via impersonation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The FooSales WordPress plugin before 1.43.3 does not verify that an authenticated caller may act as the user named in a request (CWE-269). Any authenticated user can act as another user, including an administrator, which exposes that account's details and allows it to be taken over. An exploit link is listed in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The FooSales WordPress plugin before 1.43.3 does not verify that an authenticated caller is entitled to act as the user a request names, allowing any authenticated user to have the FooSales WordPress plugin before 1.43.3 act as an arbitrary other user, including an administrator, resulting in that user's account details being exposed and their account being taken over.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | FooSales | before 1.43.3 | 1.43.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- FooSales VendorUnknown Affected before 1.43.3 Fixed in 1.43.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update FooSales to version 1.43.3, the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA FooSales (Unknown) Fixed in 1.43.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93548
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-84fg-vq45-2j4v
- 2026-10-10 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-10 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-10 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-11 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-93548 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93548 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-84fg-vq45-2j4v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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