{"id":"CVE-2026-13598","title":"The RestrictMate  WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 does not restrict the user role supplied during account registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and gain a logged-in administrator session, le…","summary":"The RestrictMate  WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 does not restrict the user role supplied during account registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and gain a logged-in administrator session, le…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-269"],"published":"2026-08-23","updated":"2026-10-12","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-12T16:10:00.220","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13598","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05fd8e45-92fa-4ed4-ae59-9a7b7743ea34/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00299,"epssPercentile":0.20827,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-12T16:57:59.891Z","slug":"CVE-2026-13598","body":"## Overview\n\nThe RestrictMate  WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 does not restrict the user role supplied during account registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and gain a logged-in administrator session, leading to full site takeover.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}