CVE-2026-1720 PUBLISHED

WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation <= 1.4.24 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 30.01.2026 Published: 05.03.2026 Updated: 05.03.2026

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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CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor wpxpo
Product WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 1.4.24 (incl.)

Credits

  • Itthidej Aramsri finder
  • Waris Damkham finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE