Plainpad is a self hosted note taking app. Prior to version 1.1.1, Plainpad allows a low-privilege authenticated user to self-escalate to administrator by submitting admin=true in PUT /api.php/v1/users/{id}. The endpoint directly persists the admin attribute from user input, and the escalated account can immediately access admin-only routes. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.1.

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Mon, 11 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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


Sun, 10 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description Plainpad is a self hosted note taking app. Prior to version 1.1.1, Plainpad allows a low-privilege authenticated user to self-escalate to administrator by submitting admin=true in PUT /api.php/v1/users/{id}. The endpoint directly persists the admin attribute from user input, and the escalated account can immediately access admin-only routes. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.1.
Title Plainpad: Privilege Escalation via Writable Admin Field in Profile Update (Access Control)
Weaknesses CWE-269
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T14:50:20.630Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T16:56:50.192Z

Link: CVE-2026-42562

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-11T14:50:16.203Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-09T20:16:28.933

Modified: 2026-05-09T20:16:28.933

Link: CVE-2026-42562

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-10T21:24:27Z

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