{"id":13134,"date":"2026-09-04T18:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.54iter.cn\/?vuln=cve-2026-9842"},"modified":"2026-09-04T18:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:59:54","slug":"cve-2026-9842","status":"publish","type":"vuln","link":"https:\/\/www.54iter.cn\/?vuln=cve-2026-9842","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2026-9842 [HIGH] &#8211; The Backstage &#8211; Customizer Demo Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Esc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Backstage &#8211; Customizer Demo Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2. This is due to the plugin assigning the `manage_options` capability to the `backstage_customizer_user` demo role, which is more permissive than necessary for Customizer-only demo access. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to navigate beyond the Customizer and update arbitrary WordPress options such as `default_role`, leading to privilege escalation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Backstage &#8211; Customizer Demo Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2. This is due to the plugin assigning the `manage_options` <\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13134","vuln","type-vuln","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.54iter.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/vuln\/13134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.54iter.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/vuln"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.54iter.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/vuln"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.54iter.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.54iter.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.54iter.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}