Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-22458 is a medium-severity access-control flaw in the WordPress Wanderland theme by Mikado-Themes, affecting versions through 1.5. A logged-in user may be able to perform actions they should not be authorized to perform, causing limited integrity impact. No public source in the bundle reports active exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize this for WordPress environments running Wanderland, especially sites with many authenticated users. The expected impact is limited data or content integrity risk, not full system compromise based on available sources. Remediate during normal vulnerability management unless business-critical sites or broad user registration increase exposure.
Technical view
The issue is classified as CWE-862: Missing Authorization. CVSS 3.1 is 4.3 with network attack vector, low complexity, required low privileges, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality or availability impact, and low integrity impact. Sources identify Wanderland theme versions up to and including 1.5 as affected.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites using the Wanderland theme version 1.5 or earlier. Because exploitation requires low privileges, sites allowing user registration, contributors, customers, or other authenticated roles may have higher practical risk.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not describe exploit details, public proof-of-concept activity, or in-the-wild exploitation. The CVE is not listed as KEV in the supplied data. Treat this as a real authorization weakness, but not as confirmed actively exploited.
Researcher notes
Public details are sparse. The source bundle names broken access control and missing authorization but does not identify the vulnerable endpoint, required role, exploit method, or fixed version. Avoid assuming a patch exists unless vendor or Patchstack guidance confirms it.
Mitigation direction
- Identify WordPress sites using the Wanderland theme.
- Check whether the installed Wanderland version is 1.5 or earlier.
- Review Mikado-Themes and Patchstack guidance for an update or vendor-recommended mitigation.
- Restrict unnecessary user registration and low-privilege accounts until remediation is confirmed.
- Back up affected sites before applying theme updates or configuration changes.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WordPress themes across production, staging, and legacy sites.
- Confirm the active and installed Wanderland theme versions.
- Review site user roles for unnecessary low-privilege accounts.
- Check web application logs for unusual authenticated actions.
- Document remediation status and any compensating controls.
Public sources used
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CWE-862: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N2.81.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
4.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source materials
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CWE details
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Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.