CVE-2026-13600 AutoNetTV Relay < 3.0.14 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Scheduled Sync Cron
Unauthenticated attackers can gain administrator access by triggering a scheduled sync task that improperly sets admin cookies in specific server configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-13600?
CVE-2026-13600 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown AutoNetTV Relay, published on 10 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The AutoNetTV Relay WordPress plugin before 3.0.14 does not perform any capability or authentication check before setting a WordPress administrator authentication cookie during its scheduled content-synchronization task. On server configurations where the scheduled task executes before the HTTP response is committed, an unauthenticated attacker who triggers the due task can receive the administrator's session cookie and gain administrator access without credentials.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-13600?
How do I fix CVE-2026-13600?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-13600 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-13600 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-13600 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qvph-jjx5-pw4h.