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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-13598

RestrictMate < 1.3.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator

Description

The RestrictMate WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 does not restrict the user role supplied during account registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and gain a logged-in administrator session, leading to full site takeover.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Unknown RestrictMate

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 1.3.0affected

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