Ibtana – Ecommerce Product Addons <= 0.4.7.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Meta Modification via 'iepa_use_gt_editor' AJAX Action
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 0.4.7.8
- Affected Plugin
- Ibtana – Ecommerce Product Addons
- Affected Version
<= 0.4.7.7- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2026-1984
At a glance
CVE-2026-1984 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Ibtana WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 0.4.7.7. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 0.4.7.8; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2026, reported by Legion Hunter.
Vulnerability Overview
The Ibtana – Ecommerce Product Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post meta modification due to a missing capability check on the 'iepa_use_gt_editor' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.7.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update or delete arbitrary post meta entries via the 'iepa_builder' meta key.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Ibtana <= 0.4.7.7 carries this weakness at iepa_use_gt_editor, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Ibtana the fix is 0.4.7.8: builds <= 0.4.7.7 are affected, anything from 0.4.7.8 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 0.4.7.8, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Ibtana 0.4.7.8 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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