KiviCare <= 4.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Setup Wizard

2026-03-17 00:00

Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.1.3

Affected PluginKiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR)

Affected Version<= 4.1.2

CVSS8.2High

CVECVE-2026-2992

View all KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization on the `/wp-json/kivicare/v1/setup-wizard/clinic` REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new clinic and a WordPress user with clinic admin privileges.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.1.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2992 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d96743ea-08b1-4b4c-9d62-558b97a6e297

CVSS Vector

8.2

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

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