Subscriber-level unauthorized privileged actions
Published Aug 27, 2026 · Updated Aug 27, 2026
Missing authorization in Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress 3.20 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to perform privileged actions. The 3.21 changelog says AJAX handler security patterns were improved, but the CNA and Patchstack do not identify the affected handler, request parameters, or unauthorized operation. Subscriber-level access is required, and the available disclosures do not specify the resulting data exposure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress 3.20 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to perform privileged actions. The 3.21 changelog says AJAX handler security patterns were improved, but the CNA and Patchstack do not identify the affected handler, request parameters, or unauthorized operation. Subscriber-level access is required, and the available disclosures do not specify the resulting data exposure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-81279
- Published
- Aug 27, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2026
- Vendor
- Muralidharan Ramasamy
- Product
- Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CAPEC-180
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=3.20 changes=[{"at":"3.21","status":"unaffected"}]
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