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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields unaffected
Version Status Constraints
2.8 affected ≤ 2.8.23.3
2.9 affected ≤ 2.9.19.3
3.0 affected ≤ 3.0.10.3
3.1 affected ≤ 3.1.4.1
3.2 affected ≤ 3.2.8.2
3.3 affected ≤ 3.3.9

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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9/includes/general.php#L400 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3628032a-3121-45a7-8a78-cfcd8ba6af2f?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
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Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Pods <= 3.3.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass to Admin Methods via 'pods_admin' AJAX Router
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-15T17:25:26.723Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T06:52:47.975Z

Link: CVE-2026-19598

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T18:16:23.860

Modified: 2026-08-15T18:16:23.860

Link: CVE-2026-19598

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Updated: 2026-08-15T18:30:12Z

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