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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-4297
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-Wordfence
Assigner Org ID-b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-24 Jun, 2026 | 05:33
Updated At-24 Jun, 2026 | 05:33
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Welcome Software Publishing <= 0.0.31 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update to Privilege Escalation via 'nc.setOption' XML-RPC Method

The Welcome Software Publishing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Options Update in all versions up to and including 0.0.31. This is due to a missing capability check in the nc_setOption() function, which is exposed via the nc.setOption XML-RPC method. The function authenticates the user via $wp_xmlrpc_server->login() (verifying credentials are valid) but does not perform any authorization check such as current_user_can('manage_options'). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary WordPress options via XML-RPC requests. This can be leveraged to change the default_role option to 'administrator' and then register a new administrator account, achieving full privilege escalation and site takeover.

Affected Products
Vendor
newscred
Product
Welcome Software Publishing
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 0 through 0.0.31 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-862CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-862
Description: CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.18.8HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version: 3.1
Base score: 8.8
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Metrics Other Info
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CAPEC IDDescription
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Workarounds

Exploits

Credits

finder
Nabil Irawan
Timeline
EventDate
Disclosed2026-06-23 16:42:18
Event: Disclosed
Date: 2026-06-23 16:42:18
Replaced By

Rejected Reason

References
HyperlinkResource
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/47e53fd3-4e3f-433a-8e70-3a58c864184a?source=cve
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L272
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L272
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L264
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L264
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L265
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L265
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L44
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L44
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Hyperlink: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/47e53fd3-4e3f-433a-8e70-3a58c864184a?source=cve
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L272
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L272
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L264
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L264
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L265
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L265
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L44
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L44
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