Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-75860JSON Options <= 0.0.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in JSON Options from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The JSON Options WordPress plugin through 0.0.4 does not have any capability check or nonce verification on one of its actions, which runs on every request and is available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to update arbitrary WordPress options. This can be leveraged to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, leading to privilege escalation and full site takeover.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	JSON Options	0 – through 0.0.4

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6c9bbd44-cd10-40e2-af6f-440e7ccabf9a/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description