Pods < 3.3.9.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'pods_admin' AJAX Router

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Authorization Bypass because the pods_admin AJAX router funnels every access check — including the method allowlist, nonce verification, login enforcement, and capability gate — through pods_error(), which under the JSON meta-box-loader compatibility path only writes failures to the PHP error log and returns false instead of terminating the request, rendering all guards ineffective. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to Administrator or overwrite the password of any user account, including the site owner's, enabling complete site takeover, or perform another administrator action.