CVE CVE-2026-5294

CVE-2026-5294

WordPress

Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS: 9.8CVSS
Published: 2026-05-05
Last modified: 2026-05-05
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-862

Description

The Geeky Bot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to a nopriv AJAX route allowing attacker-controlled model/function dispatch and reaching a plugin installer helper that downloads and unzips attacker-supplied ZIP files into wp-content/plugins/. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary plugin installation and achieve remote code execution.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3497169/geeky-bot
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1817c58-e807-4ef2-a382-28ca2fd5239e?source=cve

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