CVE-2026-111631

Distributor before 2.3.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows Contributor-level users to invoke external connection AJAX actions intended for manage_options users. Attackers can call dt_verify_external_connection with a chosen endpointId and url to send stored connection credentials to attacker-controlled servers, or abuse dt_begin_authorization to create connections.

CVSS 4.0

5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 14% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-862

Published

2026-10-16

Modified

2026-10-16

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/10up/distributor/blob/2.3.1/includes/external-connection-cpt.php#L231-L263
• https://github.com/10up/distributor/blob/2.3.1/includes/external-connection-cpt.php#L716-L734
• https://github.com/10up/distributor/commit/71542b924fdd446a4183f32b928388d286ae5bb3
• https://github.com/10up/distributor/releases/tag/2.3.2
• https://github.com/10up/distributor/security/advisories/GHSA-pxgv-j98h-3xhw

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