WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP Component <= 2.2.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Blog Option Update

Description

The plugin does not have any capability or nonce checks on one of the actions it makes available to unauthenticated users, and it takes both the option name and the option value from the request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite any of the site's options. On a single site installation this leads to a full takeover, as registration can be enabled with a default role of administrator.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

No known fix

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Enrico Marcolini - Claudio Marchesini - Dottor Marc
Submitter
Enrico Marcolini - Claudio Marchesini - Dottor Marc
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-10 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-10 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-11 (about 8 hours ago)

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