CVE-2026-118639
Received Received - Intake

Surfer Plugin API Credential Exposure and Privilege Escalation

Publication date: 2026-11-06

Last updated on: 2026-11-06

Assigner: WPScan

Description
The Surfer WordPress plugin before 1.8.1.759 discloses a sensitive API credential to low-privileged users through the post editor page and relies on that same credential as the sole authorization for its privileged REST API, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to read the credential and escalate to publishing arbitrary posts and other privileged actions.

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Published
2026-11-06
Last Modified
2026-11-06
Generated
2026-11-06
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-118639
EUVD
EUVD-2026-117902

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Unknown Surfer 0

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