CVE-2026-42562

Summary

Plainpad is a self hosted note taking app. Prior to version 1.1.1, Plainpad allows a low-privilege authenticated user to self-escalate to administrator by submitting admin=true in PUT /api.php/v1/users/{id}. The endpoint directly persists the admin attribute from user input, and the escalated account can immediately access admin-only routes. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.1.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-269: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

References

• https://github.com/alextselegidis/plainpad/security/advisories/GHSA-pvfv-wvpm-q6f6
• https://github.com/alextselegidis/plainpad/issues/138
• https://github.com/alextselegidis/plainpad/commit/9216a876d27b22c3d9259551636d803f7cb075fc
• https://github.com/alextselegidis/plainpad/releases/tag/1.1.1

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