# CVE-2026-10096: Missing authorization in Qi Blocks

> Authenticated authors can modify styles of arbitrary posts or site-wide templates due to missing ownership validation in the Qi Blocks plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-69gg-pvp7-2fx5

## What is CVE-2026-10096?

CVE-2026-10096 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in qodeinteractive Qi Blocks, published on 1 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Qi Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.9 via the 'page_id' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to modify the stored Qi Blocks styles of arbitrary posts, templates, or widgets they do not own — including site-wide surfaces via the reserved 'template' and 'widget' page_id values — enabling unauthorized frontend defacement, content hiding, and degradation of any page on the site. The endpoint's permission_callback checks only the generic edit_posts and publish_posts capabilities, meaning any user with the built-in Author role satisfies the check regardless of post ownership.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-10096?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-10096?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-10096 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-10096 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-10096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-10096 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-10096 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in qodeinteractive Qi Blocks, published on 1 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-10096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: qodeinteractive Qi Blocks. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10096/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10096/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-10096
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10096
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-10096

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-10096/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.