WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Really Simple Security < 9.8.0 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Arbitrary Plugin Installation via rsp_upgrade_install_plugin

Description

The plugin does not check that the user is allowed to install plugins before installing one from a user-supplied URL, allowing an administrator of a subsite on a multisite network to install and execute arbitrary code in the network-shared plugin directory, which WordPress otherwise reserves to the network administrator. Exploitation requires the network administrator to have enabled the Plugins administration menu for subsites, which is not the default.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 9.8.0

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Charles Vosburgh
Submitter
Charles Vosburgh
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-28 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-28 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-28 (about 1 day ago)

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