CVE-2026-19598

Summary

The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9. The vulnerability exists because the pods_admin AJAX router funnels every access check — including the method allowlist, nonce verification, login enforcement, and capability gate — through pods_error(), which under the JSON meta-box-loader compatibility path only writes failures to the PHP error log and returns false instead of terminating the request, rendering all guards ineffective. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to Administrator or overwrite the password of any user account, including the site owner's, enabling complete site takeover, or perform another administrator action.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
sc0ttkclarkPods – Custom Content Types and Fields2.8 <= 2.8.23.3affected
sc0ttkclarkPods – Custom Content Types and Fields2.9 <= 2.9.19.3affected
sc0ttkclarkPods – Custom Content Types and Fields3.0 <= 3.0.10.3affected
sc0ttkclarkPods – Custom Content Types and Fields3.1 <= 3.1.4.1affected
sc0ttkclarkPods – Custom Content Types and Fields3.2 <= 3.2.8.2affected
sc0ttkclarkPods – Custom Content Types and Fields3.3 <= 3.3.9affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-863: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References