Vulnerability · CVE-2026-2992
The KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization on the REST API endpoin…
Published Mar 18, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · the affected product
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-2992. EPSS is 0.44%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High8.2
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.44%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- stated named in the record
The KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization on the REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new clinic and a WordPress user with clinic admin privileges.
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- stated named in the record<= 4.1.2
How to fix CVE-2026-2992
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-2992. EPSS is 0.44%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 4.1.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-862: Missing Authorization. EPSS 0.44%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 18, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
The KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization on the REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new clinic and a WordPress user with clinic admin privileges.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
The KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization on the REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create a new clinic and a WordPress user with clinic admin privileges.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2992
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-2992
30-day exploitation probability 0.4%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-2992
The KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization on the REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.