WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
CMP - Coming Soon & Maintenance < 4.1.18 - Editor+ Privilege Escalation via cmp_ajax_import_settings
Description
The plugin does not enforce an option-name allow-list when importing settings via one of its AJAX actions, allowing users with the Editor role (when the administrator has granted the Editor role access to the plugin's admin-bar controls) to update arbitrary WordPress options, including options that lead to privilege escalation to Administrator.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Revanth Hari Narayana Matte
Submitter
Revanth Hari Narayana Matte
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-25 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-25 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-25 (about 1 day ago)