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
References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Naoki Kawahigashi
Submitter
Naoki Kawahigashi
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
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)