The Notiqoo WordPress plugin before 1.4.14 does not have capability checks on several of its AJAX actions and builds the name of the option to write from user input, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to modify arbitrary WordPress options, which can be used to deactivate Notiqoo WordPress plugin before 1.4.14 and to lock every administrator out of the site.
History

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Weaknesses CWE-284

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Weaknesses CWE-863
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-284

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Description The Notiqoo WordPress plugin before 1.4.14 does not have capability checks on several of its AJAX actions and builds the name of the option to write from user input, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to modify arbitrary WordPress options, which can be used to deactivate Notiqoo WordPress plugin before 1.4.14 and to lock every administrator out of the site.
Title Notiqoo < 1.4.14 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Option Update via Multiple AJAX Actions
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-10T06:00:05.869Z

Updated: 2026-09-10T13:12:21.573Z

Reserved: 2026-08-14T07:56:48.561Z

Link: CVE-2026-19840

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-10T13:06:55.411Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-10T07:17:02.823

Modified: 2026-09-10T15:13:07.090

Link: CVE-2026-19840

cve-icon Redhat

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