CVE-2026-0832
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe New User Approve plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on multiple REST API endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to approve or deny user accounts, retrieve sensitive user information including emails and roles, and force logout of privileged users.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe New User Approve WordPress plugin lacks capability checks on multiple REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to approve/deny user registrations, exfiltrate sensitive user data (emails, roles), and force-logout privileged users. This is a classic Broken Access Control (BAC) vulnerability in the plugin's REST API routing.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if New User Approve plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory for 'new-user-approve' folder, or run 'wp plugin list' if WP-CLI is available, or inspect the plugin file headers in wp-content/plugins/new-user-approve/new-user-approve.phpAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine the installed plugin versionRead the Version header from the plugin's main PHP file (new-user-approve.php) or query it via WordPress admin plugins page, or use 'wp plugin get new-user-approve' with WP-CLIAffected if The version is below 3.2.3 (versions prior to 3.2.3 are affected)
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Identify the plugin's REST API endpointsAccess the WordPress REST API at /wp-json/ and search for endpoints containing 'new-user-approve' or 'user-approve' in the routes, or inspect the plugin source code for register_rest_route() callsAffected if The plugin exposes REST API routes under the new-user-approve namespace
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Verify unauthenticated access to the endpointsSend HTTP GET/POST requests to the discovered REST endpoints (e.g., /wp-json/new-user-approve/v1/...) without providing authentication credentials (no valid nonce or session)Affected if The endpoints return successful responses without requiring authentication or capability checks
If the New User Approve plugin is installed with a version below 3.2.3 and its REST API endpoints are accessible without authentication, the environment is affected by CVE-2026-0832.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the latest version of the plugin (3.2.3 or later). If no update is available, disable the plugin or restrict REST API access at the server level (e.g., via .htaccess or firewall rules) until a patch is released.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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