FKIE_CVE-2026-1720

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-05 14:16 - Updated: 2026-03-05 19:38
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_and_active_plugin' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optin/trunk/includes/utils/class-notice.php#L848
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3456826/
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee0c0e29-b117-4480-b5b7-995878af8c57?source=cve
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  "id": "CVE-2026-1720",
  "lastModified": "2026-03-05T19:38:33.877",
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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