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ByteCoreStack <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via wp_update_user_meta MCP Tool

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

The ByteCoreStack – MCP Connector for AI Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 This is due to the `wp_update_user_meta` MCP tool in `execute_tool` gating writes solely with `current_user_can('edit_user', $uid)` — a check that WordPress core's `map_meta_cap` resolves to the `read` primitive when the target user ID matches the caller's own — while enforcing an incomplete meta key blocklist that covers only `user_pass`, `user_activation_key`, and `session_tokens`, leaving the `wp_capabilities` and `wp_user_level` meta keys entirely unprotected. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to elevate their privileges to Administrator by issuing a `wp_update_user_meta` call over the MCP JSON-RPC endpoint with `key=wp_capabilities` and an arbitrary role array such as `{'administrator': true}` targeting their own user ID, causing WordPress to load that account as an Administrator on the next request.

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CVE-2026-19807

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-19807

ByteCoreStack – MCP Connector for AI Tools

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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[
  {
    "vendor": "bytecorestack",
    "product": "ByteCoreStack – MCP Connector for AI Tools",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "1.2.3"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
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CVE-2026-19807

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high

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#8415 · Revision 1
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