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Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-13598

CVE-2026-13598

Unknown RestrictMate — RestrictMate < 1.3.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator

EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.8 (ADP)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 42.7.427 × 208.5No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

The RestrictMate WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 does not restrict the user role supplied during account registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and gain a logged-in administrator session, leading to full site takeover.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
RestrictMate< 1.3.01.3.0CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

exploitwpscan.com/vulnerability/05fd8e45-92fa-4ed4-ae59-9a7b7743ea34