Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-22
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Niteo
Niteo cmp – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin By Niteothemes
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Vendors & Products Niteo
Niteo cmp – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin By Niteothemes
Wordpress
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Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title CMP <= 4.1.17 - Authenticated (Editor+) Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Option Update to cmp_ajax_import_settings AJAX Action
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Niteo Cmp – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin By Niteothemes
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-22T13:23:05.752Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T19:39:31.956Z

Link: CVE-2026-12470

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-22T13:23:00.675Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-22T06:16:48.700

Modified: 2026-09-22T19:04:55.677

Link: CVE-2026-12470

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-22T06:30:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-269

    Improper Privilege Management