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).

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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions seraphinite Accelerator
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions seraphinite Accelerator

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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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'}

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


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-400

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:33:27.832Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T10:49:14.573Z

Link: CVE-2026-87828

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:17:11.943Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-16T06:16:35.137

Modified: 2026-09-17T13:16:56.040

Link: CVE-2026-87828

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-13T12:37:49Z

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