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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-4297
Received
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-security@wordfence.com
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-24 Jun, 2026 | 07:16
Updated At-24 Jun, 2026 | 07:16

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.

CISA Catalog
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Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary3.18.8HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Type: Primary
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
CPE Matches

Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-862Primarysecurity@wordfence.com
CWE ID: CWE-862
Type: Primary
Source: security@wordfence.com
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References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L264security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L265security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L272security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L44security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L264security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L265security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L272security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L44security@wordfence.com
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/47e53fd3-4e3f-433a-8e70-3a58c864184a?source=cvesecurity@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L264
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L265
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L272
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/tags/0.0.31/newscred.php#L44
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L264
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L265
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L272
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscred-publishing/trunk/newscred.php#L44
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/47e53fd3-4e3f-433a-8e70-3a58c864184a?source=cve
Source: security@wordfence.com
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