7.6
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-103479
Pubjet | پاب‌جت <= 5.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation to 'check-token' AJAX Action
Description

The Pubjet | پاب‌جت plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.8. This is due to the `checkToken()` AJAX handler — registered under `wp_ajax_pubjet-check-token` — performing no capability check and no nonce verification before unconditionally writing the attacker-supplied `token` GET parameter directly into the site-wide `pubjet_settings` option via `pubjet_update_setting()`, prior to any remote validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the plugin's stored REST API credential with an attacker-chosen value, immediately elevating their effective privileges to those of an authorized Pubjet API client and enabling them to invoke otherwise-restricted endpoints — `createReportage`, `updateReportage`, `deleteReportage`, `toggleCopyright`, and `createBacklink` — to create, modify, and delete arbitrary reportage posts and manipulate plugin state that Subscribers cannot normally access. The privilege escalation is self-reinforcing: because `RestApi::isTokenValid()` authenticates solely by comparing the incoming `Authorization` header against the value returned by `pubjet_token()`, which reads from the same option the unprotected handler writes to, the attacker-planted token is trusted as legitimate on all subsequent requests.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 6, 2026, 12:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 6, 2026, 12:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update the Pubjet plugin to patch the privilege escalation vulnerability.
  • Update the Pubjet plugin to the latest version.
  • Verify plugin settings after updating.
  • Monitor plugin activity for unusual changes.
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Pubjet | پاب‌جت plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.8. This is due to the `checkToken()` AJAX handler — registered under `wp_ajax_pubjet-check-token` — performing no capability check and no nonce verification before unconditionally writing the attacker-supplied `token` GET parameter directly into the site-wide `pubjet_settings` option via `pubjet_update_setting()`, prior to any remote validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the plugin's stored REST API credential with an attacker-chosen value, immediately elevating their effective privileges to those of an authorized Pubjet API client and enabling them to invoke otherwise-restricted endpoints — `createReportage`, `updateReportage`, `deleteReportage`, `toggleCopyright`, and `createBacklink` — to create, modify, and delete arbitrary reportage posts and manipulate plugin state that Subscribers cannot normally access. The privilege escalation is self-reinforcing: because `RestApi::isTokenValid()` authenticates solely by comparing the incoming `Authorization` header against the value returned by `pubjet_token()`, which reads from the same option the unprotected handler writes to, the attacker-planted token is trusted as legitimate on all subsequent requests.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
    Added CWE CWE-269
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/103xxx/CVE-2026-103479.json">CVE-2026-103479</a>
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pubjet/tags/5.4.8/includes/Ajax.php#L26
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pubjet/tags/5.4.8/includes/Ajax.php#L631
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pubjet/tags/5.4.8/includes/Ajax.php#L643
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pubjet/tags/5.4.8/includes/RestApi.php#L363
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pubjet/tags/5.4.8/includes/RestApi.php#L374
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0391145a-2707-4639-80d0-a8a98512ef66?source=cve
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