CVE-2026-2294

UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages <= 3.5.09 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update

2026-03-20 15:10
Tonggy

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected Plugin
UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages
Affected Version
<= 3.5.09
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
CVE
CVE-2026-2294
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At a glance

CVE-2026-2294 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization vulnerability in the UiPress lite WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.5.09. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed March 2026, reported by Tonggy.

Vulnerability Overview

The UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'uip_save_global_settings' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.09. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary plugin settings.

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 interaction from a victim user.

CWE-285: Improper Authorization

UiPress lite <= 3.5.09 carries this weakness at uip_save_global_settings, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Improper authorization means a permission check exists but does not cover the case being exercised, so a caller who is allowed to do one thing is allowed to do a neighbouring thing as well.

A lower-privileged account performs an action reserved for a higher one, which on a multi-author or membership site means an ordinary user reaching administrative behaviour. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for UiPress lite yet, so installs running <= 3.5.09 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

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. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2294https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5cc00331-4c4d-44c9-9068-bd7320f9d4a5https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2294

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