CVE-2026-14949
Authenticated low-privileged user can create accounts with arbitrary admin roles via /api/user/add.php
Is CVE-2026-14949 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-14949 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-14949?
CVE-2026-14949 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.5. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-14949?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-14949. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-14949 affect?
CVE-2026-14949 affects Web applications exposing /api/user/add.php user creation API, Custom/in-house user-management web apps. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-14949?
Disable or restrict /api/user/add.php, enforce server-side role validation, apply vendor patch when available
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated attacker can create accounts with highest privilege, enabling full admin takeover, privilege escalation, persistent access, and data/control loss.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 2.11.0 and <= 2.13.3
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.