CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-75860

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2026-08-20 Modified 2026-08-26 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-08-20
Last modified
2026-08-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

The JSON Options WordPress plugin through 0.0.4 does not have any capability check or nonce verification on one of its actions, which runs on every request and is available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to update arbitrary WordPress options. This can be leveraged to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, leading to privilege escalation and full site takeover.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References