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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.3 High

CVE-2026-42562

Plainpad: Privilege Escalation via Writable Admin Field in Profile Update (Access Control)

Description

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.

Affected products

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

alextselegidis plainpad

  • < 1.1.1affected

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