CVE-2026-4119
What it is
The Create DB Tables plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to and including 1.2.1. The plugin registers admin_post action hooks for creating tables (admin_post_add_table) and deleting tables (admin_post_delete_db_table) without implementing any capability checks via current_user_can() or nonce verification via wp_verify_nonce()/check_admin_referer(). The admin_post hook only requires the user to be logged in, meaning any authenticated user including Subscribers can access these endpoints. The cdbt_delete_db_table() function takes a user-supplied table name from $_POST['db_table'] and executes a DROP TABLE SQL query, allowing any authenticated attacker to delete any database table including critical WordPress core tables such as wp_users or wp_options. The cdbt_create_new_table() function similarly allows creating arbitrary tables. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary database tables and delete any existing database table, potentially destroying the entire WordPress installation.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.1 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-862 · Missing authorization
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/tags/1.2.1/create-db-tables.php#L370
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/tags/1.2.1/create-db-tables.php#L376
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/tags/1.2.1/create-db-tables.php#L405
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/tags/1.2.1/create-db-tables.php#L408
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/tags/1.2.1/create-new-table.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/tags/1.2.1/create-new-table.php#L69
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/trunk/create-db-tables.php#L370
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/trunk/create-db-tables.php#L376
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/trunk/create-db-tables.php#L405
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/trunk/create-db-tables.php#L408
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/trunk/create-new-table.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/create-db-tables/trunk/create-new-table.php#L69
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d1a3bc4b-cc17-4728-b242-13841b5f7660?source=cve