Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2026· Updated Apr 27, 2026
CVE-2026-4299
CVE-2026-4299
Description
The MainWP Child Reports plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to and including 2.2.6. This is due to a missing capability check in the heartbeat_received() function in the Live_Update class. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to obtain MainWP Child Reports activity log entries (including action summaries, user information, IP addresses, and contextual data) via the WordPress Heartbeat API by sending a crafted heartbeat request with the 'wp-mainwp-stream-heartbeat' data key.
Affected products
2- Range: <=2.2.6
- Range: <=2.2.6
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mainwp-child-reports/tags/2.2.6/classes/class-live-update.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mainwp-child-reports/tags/2.2.6/classes/class-live-update.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mainwp-child-reports/trunk/classes/class-live-update.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mainwp-child-reports/trunk/classes/class-live-update.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d4141bd-cd3f-44e9-b423-be03377a342dnvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 6, 2026 to April 12, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Apr 16, 2026