Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-111631Distributor before 2.3.2 Missing Authorization in External Connection AJAX Actions

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Distributor from 10up. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Distributor before 2.3.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows Contributor-level users to invoke external connection AJAX actions intended for manage_options users. Attackers can call dt_verify_external_connection with a chosen endpointId and url to send stored connection credentials to attacker-controlled servers, or abuse dt_begin_authorization to create connections.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
10up	Distributor	0 – before 2.3.2

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-pxgv-j98h-3xhw) vendor-advisory
https://github.com/10up/distributor/blob/2.3.1/includes/external-connection-cpt.php#L231-L263 technical-description
https://github.com/10up/distributor/blob/2.3.1/includes/external-connection-cpt.php#L716-L734 technical-description
https://github.com/10up/distributor/commit/71542b924fdd446a4183f32b928388d286ae5bb3 patch
Distributor 2.3.2 Release Notes release-notes
VulnCheck Advisory: Distributor before 2.3.2 Missing Authorization in External Connection AJAX Actions third-party-advisory