Bricks Plugin up to 2.4.3 Query Result Endpoint urlParams weak password hash

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Bricks Plugin up to 2.4.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Query Result Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument urlParams leads to weak password hash. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-118803. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Bricks Plugin up to 2.4.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Query Result Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument urlParams with an unknown input leads to a weak password hash vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-916. The product generates a hash for a password, but it uses a scheme that does not provide a sufficient level of computational effort that would make password cracking attacks infeasible or expensive. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Bricks Theme 2.4.3 and before contains an unauthenticated dynamic-data tag injection vulnerability that allows anonymous attackers to control the urlParams object in the query_result REST endpoint, causing the submitted value to be re-parsed as a Bricks dynamic data tag. Attackers can inject tags such as author_meta:user_pass, author_meta:user_email, or cf_coupon_amount to leak post meta and the post author's user record, including the password hash, without authentication.

It is possible to read the advisory at bricksbuilder.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-118803 since 10/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.4.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-112502). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Bricks Plugin

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• 2.4.0
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.2
• 2.4.3

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