CVE-2026-87828

Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.29.24 - Subscriber+ DoS via seraph_accel_State Update

Published Sep 16, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.29.24 does not perform a capability check on one of its state-update AJAX actions, allowing authenticated users such as subscribers to write a malformed value that causes an uncaught error on every subsequent admin page load, making the entire admin area inaccessible to all administrators (denial of service).

Remediation

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History
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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions seraphinite Accelerator
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions seraphinite Accelerator
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Weaknesses CWE-284
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-400
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Description The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.29.24 does not perform a capability check on one of its state-update AJAX actions, allowing authenticated users such as subscribers to write a malformed value that causes an uncaught error on every subsequent admin page load, making the entire admin area inaccessible to all administrators (denial of service).
Title Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.29.24 - Subscriber+ DoS via seraph_accel_State Update
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2026, 12:33 PM
Reserved
Sep 9, 2026, 10:49 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 16, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Sep 17, 2026, 1:16 PM