CVE-2026-12470 PUBLISHED

CMP <= 4.1.17 - Authenticated (Editor+) Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Option Update to cmp_ajax_import_settings AJAX Action

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 16.06.2026 Published: 22.09.2026 Updated: 22.09.2026

The CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'cmp_ajax_import_settings' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.17. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Vendor niteo
Product CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.1.17 (incl.)

Credits

  • Như Nguyễn finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management CWE