CVE-2026-7523 Missing authorization in Alba Board
Authenticated subscribers can access private board data due to missing authorization checks, exposing sensitive information to unauthorized users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-7523?
CVE-2026-7523 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in alejo30 Alba Board, published on 5 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Alba Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.3. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to access arbitrary private alba_card post data, including title, description, assignee, due date, tags, and comments, that is intended to be restricted to Administrators and Editors. The handler is registered via the wp_ajax_nopriv_ hook and its nonce is exposed to all site visitors through wp_localize_script on pages containing the [alba_board] shortcode, making this exploitable by unauthenticated users who can access any such page.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7523?
How do I fix CVE-2026-7523?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-7523 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-7523 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7523 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rw36-f5j3-hj4c.