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CVE-2026-2992

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

Published: Mar 18, 2026Updated: Apr 22, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-862
8.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 83.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected Products

iqonicdesign
commercialaka kivicare – clinic & patient management system (ehr), graphina – charts and graphs for elementor, wpbookit
KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR)On-prem
Enterprise Software / hr-finance

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/trunk/app/controllers/api/SetupWizardController.php#L162
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kivicare-clinic-management-system/trunk/app/controllers/api/SetupWizardController.php#L31
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3467409/
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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