The Read More & Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.7. This is due to the 'RadMoreAjax::importData' function not restricting which database tables can be written to during import and not properly validating the imported data. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with permission granted by the site owner through the plugin's role settings, to insert arbitrary rows into the 'wp_users' and 'wp_usermeta' tables, including the 'wp_capabilities' field, allowing them to create a new administrator account and gain administrator access to the site.

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Wed, 20 May 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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Description The Read More & Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.7. This is due to the 'RadMoreAjax::importData' function not restricting which database tables can be written to during import and not properly validating the imported data. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with permission granted by the site owner through the plugin's role settings, to insert arbitrary rows into the 'wp_users' and 'wp_usermeta' tables, including the 'wp_capabilities' field, allowing them to create a new administrator account and gain administrator access to the site.
Title Read More & Accordion <= 3.5.7 - Privilege Escalation via importData
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-20T01:25:52.311Z

Reserved: 2026-04-29T18:34:05.478Z

Link: CVE-2026-7467

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-20T02:16:39.410

Modified: 2026-05-20T02:16:39.410

Link: CVE-2026-7467

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-20T10:00:04Z

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