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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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation <= 1.4.24 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
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Updated: 2026-03-05T14:15:49.474Z
Reserved: 2026-01-30T19:54:30.840Z
Link: CVE-2026-1720
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-05T14:16:13.673
Modified: 2026-03-05T14:16:13.673
Link: CVE-2026-1720
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