CVE-2026-12407
E2Pdf <= 1.32.26 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Custom+) Arbitrary Option Update / Privilege Escalation via 'screen_action' Parameter
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.32.26. This is due to the screen_action() function lacking a dedicated capability check and nonce verification — when invoked via the ?action=screen routing path the controller's index_action() nonce gate is bypassed entirely — while reading an attacker-controlled option name and value from $_POST['wp_screen_options'] and passing them directly to update_option() with no allowlist, relying solely on the page-level e2pdf_templates capability which the plugin's own Permissions UI allows administrators to grant to any role including Subscriber, Contributor, Author, or Editor. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with a custom role that has been granted the e2pdf_templates capability, to overwrite arbitrary WordPress options such as default_role and thereby escalate their privileges to administrator.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
oleksandrz · E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress
- affected ≤ 1.32.26
References (10)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee4c5d34-74cb-443b-9323-90580dbe675e?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.26/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L1235 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.26/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L1233 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.26/classes/helper/e2pdf-view.php#L90 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.26/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L23 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.11/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L1235 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.11/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L1233 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.11/classes/helper/e2pdf-view.php#L90 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/e2pdf/tags/1.32.11/classes/controller/e2pdf-templates.php#L23 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3574750%40e2pdf&new=3574750%40e2pdf&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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