Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-105894Ak Framework <= 2.9.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Ak Framework from akbilisim. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Ak Framework plugin for WordPress, included in the Newsy - Viral News & Magazine WordPress Theme, is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.8. This is due to missing capability checks in the ajax_refresh_nonce and ak_admin_ajax handlers before passing attacker-controlled option names and values to update_option(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary WordPress options including users_can_register and default_role to escalate privileges to administrator by enabling user registration with administrator as the default role.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| akbilisim | Ak Framework | 0 – through 2.9.8 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H