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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2026-39622

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-04-08
Mitigation only
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in acmethemes Education Base education-base allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Education Base: from n/a through <= 3.0.8.

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 · moderate confidence

Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Education Base WordPress theme allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The theme fails to properly enforce authorization checks on certain sensitive operations, potentially allowing unauthorized users to access functionality they should not have permission to use.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks and role-based access controls (RBAC) on all sensitive functionality within the theme, ensuring that user permissions are validated before executing privileged operations.

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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
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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 checks

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  1. Confirm Education Base theme is installed
    Check your WordPress installation for the Education Base theme by navigating to Appearance > Themes in the admin dashboard, or inspect the wp-content/themes directory for the education-base folder
    Affected if The Education Base theme is active on the WordPress site
  2. Identify the installed theme version
    Locate the style.css file within the education-base theme folder and read the Version: header at the top of the file, or check the theme version displayed in the WordPress admin themes panel
    Affected if The installed version matches or falls within any affected version range (compare your version to the affected versions listed for this CVE)
  3. Inspect theme functions for missing capability checks
    Examine the theme's functions.php file and look for add_action or add_filter hooks that handle admin functionality (such as admin_menu, admin_init, wp_ajax_* actions) and verify whether each hook includes current_user_can() or similar authorization checks before executing sensitive operations
    Affected if Any admin-related hooks lack capability checks and allow execution without verifying user permissions
  4. Check AJAX handlers for authorization
    Review any AJAX action handlers in the theme (wp_ajax_* and wp_ajax_nopriv_* hooks) and determine if the theme properly validates user capabilities or roles before processing requests that access sensitive functionality
    Affected if AJAX handlers execute sensitive operations without verifying the current user has appropriate permissions
  5. Audit custom post type and taxonomy registrations
    Look for register_post_type or register_taxonomy calls in the theme and verify that the 'capability' or 'capabilities' arguments are properly defined, and that the theme respects these capabilities when allowing access to post creation or modification functions
    Affected if Custom post types or taxonomies lack proper capability definitions or the theme does not enforce them

Your environment is affected if the Education Base theme is installed and lacks proper authorization checks (capability checks, nonce verification, or role-based access control) on sensitive theme functions or admin actions.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper authorization checks and role-based access controls (RBAC) on all sensitive functionality within the theme, ensuring that user permissions are validated before executing privileged operations.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
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