WP Business Intelligence Lite <= 3.2.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary SQL Modification
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- WP Business Intelligence Lite
- Affected Version
<= 3.2.0- CVSS
- 8.0High
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2026-15293
At a glance
CVE-2026-15293 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WP Business Intelligence Lite WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.2.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.0 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). 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 May 2026, reported by Nabil Irawan.
Vulnerability Overview
The WP Business Intelligence Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify stored SQL queries, which can lead to privilege escalation via arbitrary SQL execution when the modified query is viewed by an administrator.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in WP Business Intelligence Lite <= 3.2.0 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. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for WP Business Intelligence Lite yet, so installs running <= 3.2.0 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.
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