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Missing Authorization

CVE-2026-1786

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

The Twitter posts to Blog plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'dg_tw_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.11.25. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings including Twitter API credentials, post author, post status, and the capability required to access the plugin's admin menu.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published