01 Record
CVE-2026-42562
Plainpad: Privilege Escalation via Writable Admin Field in Profile Update (Access Control)
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score8.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
02 Description
Plainpad: Privilege Escalation via Writable Admin Field in Profile Update (Access Control)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 17.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-24.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-05-09 19:09Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-11 14:50Z5 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-28
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 62c60592136f1607ffd091778733e58ee73e5a5f17144e4c3a4df2c06f0a92f1
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/alextselegidis/plainpad/security/advisories/GHSA-pvfv-wvpm-q6f6
- github.comhttps://github.com/alextselegidis/plainpad/issues/138
- github.comhttps://github.com/alextselegidis/plainpad/commit/9216a876d27b22c3d9259551636d803f7cb075fc
- github.comhttps://github.com/alextselegidis/plainpad/releases/tag/1.1.1