CVE-2026-2992

KiviCare <= 4.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Setup Wizard

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: March 18, 2026 at 03:28 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKiviCare

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization on the `/wp-json/kivicare/v1/setup-wizard/clinic` 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

KiviCare· Iqonicdesignwordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 4.1.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.2HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-862

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