Missing authorization in Fiber Admin lets attackers reorder posts
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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Fiber Admin WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 lacks authorisation checks in some of its AJAX actions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can change the order of arbitrary posts, including drafts, private posts and navigation menu items, and of taxonomy terms when term ordering is enabled (CWE-862). A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
The Fiber Admin WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not have authorisation checks in some of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to change the order of arbitrary posts, including drafts, private posts and navigation menu items, as well as the order of taxonomy terms when term ordering is enabled.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Fiber Admin | before 4.0.1 | 4.0.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Fiber Admin VendorUnknown Affected before 4.0.1 Fixed in 4.0.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Fiber Admin to version 4.0.1, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
- Fix · CNA Fiber Admin (Unknown) Fixed in 4.0.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Fiber Admin 4.0.1
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-86425 Code injection in Fiber Admin WordPress plugin enables remote code executionPriority MEDIUM 40
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121492
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-cgwq-34w7-7rpv
- 2026-11-07 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-121492 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121492 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cgwq-34w7-7rpv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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