Administrator account creation via missing nonce validation
Published Nov 12, 2023 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in WPIndeed Debug Assistant 1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts via forged requests. The imlt_create_admin action accepts a temporary-administrator creation request without a valid WordPress nonce, so it executes under the logged-in administrator's session. An administrator must be induced to open an attacker-controlled link, after which the new account receives administrative access to the site.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in WPIndeed Debug Assistant 1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts via forged requests. The imlt_create_admin action accepts a temporary-administrator creation request without a valid WordPress nonce, so it executes under the logged-in administrator's session. An administrator must be induced to open an attacker-controlled link, after which the new account receives administrative access to the site.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-26516
- Published
- Nov 12, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- WPIndeed
- Product
- Debug Assistant
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-62, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 12, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=1.4 changes=[{"at":"1.5","status":"unaffected"}]
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