CVE-2026-1720 (GCVE-0-2026-1720)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-05 13:24
Modified
2026-04-08 17:31
CWE
Summary
The WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_and_active_plugin' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins.
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