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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-85681 (CRITICAL 9.8) — 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

[NVD] CVE-2026-85681 (CRITICAL 9.8) — 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

mednvdPublished 2026-09-12

CVE-2026-85681 CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL Published: 2026-09-12T06:16:27.250

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 insta

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85681