CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-18316
9.1 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-08-16
- Last modified
- 2026-08-20
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
The Solace Extra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the import_zip() function in versions up to, and including, 1.6.0. The handler is registered on both wp_ajax_action-import-zip and wp_ajax_nopriv_action-import-zip and only verifies the 'ajax-nonce' nonce, which is emitted on every admin page via wp_localize_script (unrestricted admin_enqueue_scripts hook) and is therefore accessible to any authenticated user including Subscribers. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to wipe navigation menus, sidebar widgets (via update_option('sidebars_widgets', array())), all theme mods (via remove_theme_mods()), and Elementor templates, as well as trigger arbitrary demo-content imports.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/solace-extra/tags/1.6.0/admin/class-solace-extra-admin.php#L289 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/solace-extra/tags/1.6.0/admin/import.php#L2382 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/solace-extra/tags/1.6.0/includes/class-solace-extra.php#L336 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3627961%40solace-extra&new=3627961%40solace-extra plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e427c4e-3e27-49e3-ba64-6241b430d5d8?source=cve www.wordfence.com