# CVE-2026-12407: Missing authorization in E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress

> Authenticated users with specific plugin capabilities can escalate privileges to administrator by updating arbitrary WordPress options due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 18 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 18 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cg97-5gg4-vc94

## What is CVE-2026-12407?

CVE-2026-12407 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in oleksandrz E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress, published on 18 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.32.26. This is due to the screen_action() function lacking a dedicated capability check and nonce verification — when invoked via the ?action=screen routing path the controller's index_action() nonce gate is bypassed entirely — while reading an attacker-controlled option name and value from $_POST['wp_screen_options'] and passing them directly to update_option() with no allowlist, relying solely on the page-level e2pdf_templates capability which the plugin's own Permissions UI allows administrators to grant to any role including Subscriber, Contributor, Author, or Editor. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with a custom role that has been granted the e2pdf_templates capability, to overwrite arbitrary WordPress options such as default_role and thereby escalate their privileges to administrator.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12407?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-12407?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12407 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-12407 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12407 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-12407 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-12407 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in oleksandrz E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress, published on 18 Jun 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-2026-12407 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: oleksandrz E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress. 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-2026-12407/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12407/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12407
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12407
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-12407

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12407/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.