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CVE-2026-88827

8.8 HIGH

Published 2026-10-11 · Updated 2026-10-13

AI risk analysis

Summary
The Disable Users WordPress plugin fails to properly enforce account disabling across all authentication paths, allowing disabled administrators to maintain full access to their accounts. This represents a critical authorization bypass vulnerability where disabled users can continue using their privileges despite being explicitly disabled by administrators.
Exploitability
Exploitation is straightforward for any disabled user who retains valid credentials, requiring no special conditions or prerequisites beyond having access to the compromised account.
Blast radius
The impact could be severe as disabled administrators retain full administrative privileges, potentially allowing attackers to maintain persistent access and perform privileged actions even after account disabling.
Detection
No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
Prioritized remediation
Upgrade to version 1.0.6 or later of the Disable Users plugin to address this authorization bypass vulnerability.
auth-bypasswordpressprivilege-escalation

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NVD description

The Disable Users WordPress plugin through 1.0.5 does not enforce its account-disabling control on all authentication paths, allowing the holder of an account an administrator has disabled to continue authenticating with the account's full privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-287

All references

Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.

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