WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Exsile SMS Gateway < 2.0.0 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Option Update

Description

The plugin does not check capabilities or nonces in several AJAX actions that update a site option chosen by the request, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to change arbitrary WordPress options and escalate to administrator, for example by enabling registration with administrator as the default role.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.0.0

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Naoki Kawahigashi
Submitter
Naoki Kawahigashi
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-11-05 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-11-05 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-06 (about 7 hours ago)

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