The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the wpematico_import_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
etruel WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 2.8.24

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https://github.com/etruel/wpematico/commit/e297f41b49c6ec76635b006dff8a964a99a1ed24 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/app/tools_page.php#L224 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/app/wpematico_functions.php#L2077 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/app/wpematico_functions.php#L2096 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.23/wpematico_class.php#L59 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/app/tools_page.php#L224 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/app/wpematico_functions.php#L2077 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/app/wpematico_functions.php#L2096 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.24/wpematico_class.php#L59 cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e591cb4-058d-4d8e-948e-d65ab01db618?source=cve cve-icon
History

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Description The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the wpematico_import_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access.
Title WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher <= 2.8.24 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary Option Update to wpematico_import_settings admin_action
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-22T02:26:28.068Z

Reserved: 2026-08-14T14:42:12.203Z

Link: CVE-2026-19883

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