WordPress TheCartPress 1.5.3.6 contains an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrator accounts by submitting crafted requests to the AJAX handler. Attackers can send POST requests to the tcp_register_and_login_ajax action with tcp_role set to administrator to gain full administrative access without authentication.

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Description WordPress TheCartPress 1.5.3.6 contains an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrator accounts by submitting crafted requests to the AJAX handler. Attackers can send POST requests to the tcp_register_and_login_ajax action with tcp_role set to administrator to gain full administrative access without authentication.
Title WordPress TheCartPress 1.5.3.6 Privilege Escalation Unauthenticated
Weaknesses CWE-862
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-10T12:43:52.728Z

Reserved: 2026-02-01T11:24:18.717Z

Link: CVE-2021-47932

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-10T13:16:29.427

Modified: 2026-05-10T13:16:29.427

Link: CVE-2021-47932

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Updated: 2026-05-10T14:45:14Z

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