CVE-2026-42562CWE-269

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

High · published May 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00456 · 38.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-05-09T19:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAY 19:09Z
    Plainpad: Privilege Escalation via Writable Admin Field in Profile Update (Access Control)
    cvelistv5