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CVE-2026-16259: Uix UserCenter <= 1.0.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-29 · updated 2026-08-31
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
The Uix UserCenter WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not verify that the account being modified through an unauthenticated profile-update action belongs to the requester, and it authenticates that action with a token whose signing key is hardcoded and identical across every install, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a token for any user, overwrite an administrator's email and password, and take over the account.
Affected products
- Uix UserCenter: through 1.0.3
References
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