CVE-2026-19883WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher <= 2.8.24 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Option Update to wpematico_import_settings admin_action
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The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the wpematico_import_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-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.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 24, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
etruel WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher etruel:wpematico_rss_feed_fetcher (from the name) | through 2.8.24 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e591cb4-058d-4d8e-948e-d65ab01db618?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/app/wpematico_functions.php#L2077
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/app/wpematico_functions.php#L2096
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/app/tools_page.php#L224
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/wpematico_class.php#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/app/wpematico_functions.php#L2077
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/app/wpematico_functions.php#L2096
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/app/tools_page.php#L224
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/wpematico_class.php#L59
- https://github.com/etruel/wpematico/commit/e297f41b49c6ec76635b006dff8a964a99a1ed24
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