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CVE-2026-7638 Detail

Description

The App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to and including 5.6.0. This is due to missing authorization validation in the `upload_avatar()` function, which accepts an attacker-controlled `user_id` parameter from the POST request body and uses it to update user meta without verifying that the authenticated requester owns or has permission to modify the target account. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to overwrite the profile avatar of any arbitrary user on the site, including administrators, by supplying a target `user_id` in the request body to the `/wp-json/app-builder/v1/upload-avatar` endpoint.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/app-builder/tags/5.5.10/includes/Di/Service/Auth/UploadAvatar.php#L161 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/app-builder/tags/5.5.10/includes/Di/Service/Auth/UploadAvatar.php#L80 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/app-builder/tags/5.5.10/includes/Traits/Permission.php#L33 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/app-builder/tags/5.6.0/includes/Di/Service/Auth/UploadAvatar.php#L161 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/app-builder/tags/5.6.0/includes/Di/Service/Auth/UploadAvatar.php#L80 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/app-builder/tags/5.6.0/includes/Traits/Permission.php#L33 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/app-builder/trunk/includes/Di/Service/Auth/UploadAvatar.php#L161 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/app-builder/trunk/includes/Di/Service/Auth/UploadAvatar.php#L80 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/app-builder/trunk/includes/Traits/Permission.php#L33 Wordfence
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d532ffc-c6f1-41e3-9a59-0706802ab8e2?source=cve Wordfence

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Wordfence  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-7638
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/02/2026
Source:
Wordfence