CVE-2026-19598 Details.
Pods <= 3.3.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via pods_admin AJAX Router
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About CVE-2026-19598. What It Means.
The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9. The vulnerability exists because the pods_admin AJAX router funnels every access check — including the method allowlist, nonce verification, login enforcement, and capability gate — through pods_error(), which under the JSON meta-box-loader compatibility path only writes failures to the PHP error log and r…
Affected Product. What Is Hit.
- Vendor
- podsfoundation
- Product
- Podsfoundation Pods
FAQ
Common Questions.
Pods <= 3.3.9 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via pods_admin AJAX Router. The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9. The vulnerability exists because the pods_admin AJAX router funnels every access check — including the method allowlist, nonce verification, login enforcement, and capability gate — through pods_error(), which under the JSON meta-box-loader compatibility path only writes failures to the PHP error log and r…
No. To test for this one, the check would have to send requests that could change data on the site. Atlas only ever reads public pages, so it does not run this check. The facts about CVE-2026-19598 are on this page, and you can request a demo to see how Brandefense watches your whole external attack surface.
CVE-2026-19598 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of writing, but it is still worth fixing.
Update Podsfoundation Pods to the latest version from the vendor, or follow the vendor's advice to switch off the affected feature. Vendor links are listed on this page when they are known.
This page lists the public facts about CVE-2026-19598. Atlas does not run a check for it, so nothing here says whether a particular site is affected.