CVE-2026-1720HIGH 8.8EPSS p19.2%

CVE-2026-1720CVE-2026-1720

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.28% probability of exploitation · percentile 19.2% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-03-05
Last modified2026-04-22

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-862

References

  1. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optin/trunk/includes/utils/class-notice.php#L848
  2. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3456826/
  3. https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee0c0e29-b117-4480-b5b7-995878af8c57?source=cve

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessMissing Authorizationcwe-8620%live

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