CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-4792

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

26th percentile - higher than 26% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Bread plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 2.9.12 is vulnerable to information exposure due to the lack of authentication and authorization checks on the settings export functionality (download_settings function), which is registered on the plugins_loaded hook and explicitly allows execution on non-admin (public) pages. The function exports all plugin configuration settings including the protection_password field, which is stored in plaintext. Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve the PDF protection password by accessing the /?export-meeting-list=1 endpoint.

Risk Assessment

An unauthenticated attacker can obtain the PDF protection password, potentially leading to unauthorized access to protected documents. This can compromise the confidentiality of protected content.

Recommendation

Update the Bread plugin to a version later than 2.9.12. Until then, consider disabling the settings export functionality or securing the endpoint from public access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Bread plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information exposure in versions up to and including 2.9.12. This is due to the lack of authentication and authorization checks on the settings export functionality (download_settings function) which is registered on the plugins_loaded hook and explicitly allows execution on non-admin (public) pages. The function exports all plugin configuration settings including the protection_password field, which is stored in plaintext. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the PDF protection password by accessing the /?export-meeting-list=1 endpoint.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS