WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

CMB2 < 2.13.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Option Corruption via oEmbed Handler

Description

The plugin does not perform any capability check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing users with a role as low as Subscriber to create arbitrary WordPress options and corrupt existing ones, which can break core site settings and take the site offline.
Exploitation requires the site's theme or another plugin to have declared an oEmbed field, as the plugin registers none of its own. The stored value is never attacker-controlled, so the issue does not lead to privilege escalation.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.13.0

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Mutantgun
Submitter
Mutantgun
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-22 (about 1 day ago)
Added
2026-09-22 (about 23 hours ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-22 (about 23 hours ago)

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