# CVE-2026-3550: RockPress <= 1.0.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Modification via AJAX Actions

> Authenticated subscribers can bypass authorization checks to trigger imports, reset data, and check services in the RockPress WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h8h7-j779-2pwx

## What is CVE-2026-3550?

CVE-2026-3550 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in firetree RockPress, published on 20 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The RockPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.17. This is due to missing capability checks on multiple AJAX actions (rockpress_import, rockpress_import_status, rockpress_last_import, rockpress_reset_import, and rockpress_check_services) combined with the plugin's nonce being exposed to all authenticated users via an unconditionally enqueued admin script. The plugin enqueues the 'rockpress-admin' script on all admin pages (including profile.php) without any page or capability restrictions, and the nonce for the 'rockpress-nonce' action is passed to this script via wp_localize_script. Since the AJAX handlers only verify this nonce and do not check current_user_can(), any authenticated user, including Subscribers, can extract the nonce from any admin page's HTML source and use it to trigger imports, reset import data (deleting options), check service connectivity, and read import status information. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger resource-intensive import operations, reset import tracking data, and perform system connection checks that should be restricted to administrators.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-3550?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-3550?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-3550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-3550 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-3550 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-3550 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in firetree RockPress, published on 20 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3550 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: firetree RockPress. 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-2026-3550/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3550/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3550
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3550
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3550

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3550/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.