CVE-2026-3596 - Vulnerability Analysis
CriticalCVSS: 9.8Last Updated: April 16, 2026
Riaxe Product Customizer - Privilege Escalation
Published: April 16, 2026Updated: April 16, 2026Remote Exploitable
Overview
Riaxe Product Customizer plugin for WordPress <= 2.1.2 contains a privilege escalation caused by unauthenticated AJAX action 'wp_ajax_nopriv_install-imprint' allowing arbitrary option updates without verification, letting unauthenticated attackers escalate privileges.
Severity & Score
Severity: Critical
CVSS Score: 9.8
Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges by modifying WordPress options, potentially gaining administrator access.
Mitigation
Update to a version later than 2.1.2 or apply patches that add nonce verification and capability checks.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/trunk/riaxe-product-designer.php#L5058
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/tags/2.1.2/riaxe-product-designer.php#L5047
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/trunk/riaxe-product-designer.php#L5045
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/trunk/riaxe-product-designer.php#L5047
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/271a35fb-56b7-4d6b-bccc-fea1227d0913?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/tags/2.1.2/riaxe-product-designer.php#L183
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/tags/2.1.2/riaxe-product-designer.php#L5045
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/tags/2.1.2/riaxe-product-designer.php#L5046
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/tags/2.1.2/riaxe-product-designer.php#L5058
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/trunk/riaxe-product-designer.php#L183
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/riaxe-product-customizer/trunk/riaxe-product-designer.php#L5046
Related Resources
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-3596
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS Score
- 9.8
- Type
- broken_access_control
- Status
- new
CWE
- CWE-862
CVSS Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H