CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-5294
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-05-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
The Geeky Bot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to a nopriv AJAX route allowing attacker-controlled model/function dispatch and reaching a plugin installer helper that downloads and unzips attacker-supplied ZIP files into wp-content/plugins/. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary plugin installation and achieve remote code execution.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3497169/geeky-bot plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1817c58-e807-4ef2-a382-28ca2fd5239e?source=cve www.wordfence.com