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HIGHCVE-2026-42562Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-42562: Plainpad: Privilege Escalation via Writable Admin Field in Profile Update (Access Control)

Plainpad is a self hosted note taking app. Prior to version 1.1.1, Plainpad allows a low-privilege authenticated user to self-escalate to administrator by submitting admin=true in PUT /api.php/v1/users/{id}. The endpoint directly persists the admin attribute from user input, and the escalated account can immediately access admin-only routes. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.1.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
8.3
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • alextselegidis / plainpad
    < 1.1.1
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L