CVE-2026-74929

Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker < 4.0.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

2026-08-26 00:00
Pedro Pinho

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.0.7
Affected Plugin
Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker
Affected Version
< 4.0.7
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE
CVE-2026-74929
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At a glance

CVE-2026-74929 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the Project Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 4.0.7. 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. The issue is fixed in version 4.0.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2026, reported by Pedro Pinho.

Vulnerability Overview

The Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to 4.0.7. This is due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

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-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Reaching this weakness in Project Manager < 4.0.7 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key, often called insecure direct object reference, means the application looks up a record by an identifier from the request without checking that the caller owns it.

Changing a number in the request is enough to read or modify other users' records, which on commerce and membership sites means customer data. For Project Manager the fix is 4.0.7: builds < 4.0.7 are affected, anything from 4.0.7 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.0.7, 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: Project Manager 4.0.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74929https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02e58374-e641-42f6-a718-cd364e38855chttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74929

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