Vulnerability · Published Sep 12, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-85681WP Component <= 2.2.4 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Blog Option Update

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in WP Component 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 WP Component WordPress plugin through 2.2.4 does not have any capability or nonce checks on one of the actions it makes available to unauthenticated users, and it takes both the option name and the option value from the request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite any of the site's options. On a single site installation this leads to a full takeover, as registration can be enabled with a default role of administrator.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	WP Component	0 – through 2.2.4

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/c602bd9e-a825-4990-a66b-1403bbeb2cee/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description