CVE-2026-12470

NVD: The CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'cmp_ajax_import_settings' AJAX action in all... NVD: This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. NVD: This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

Source-published summary

NVD: The CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'cmp_ajax_import_settings' AJAX action in all... NVD: This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. NVD: This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

Possible impact

Source describes privilege escalation risk · authenticated boundary. Possible impact: An attacker may cross a privilege boundary and gain more access than intended.

Affected context

Affected product or version requires source confirmation.

Remediation / advisory

Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory.

Why it matters

Source describes privilege escalation risk · authenticated boundary. Possible impact: An attacker may cross a privilege boundary and gain more access than intended.; CVSS 7.2 (HIGH); not listed in KEV; Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory; sources: NVD.

What to verify

Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.

Exposure hint

authenticated boundary

Impact tags

Urgency reasons

Source-derived note

Summary derived from NVD description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.

Redaction metadata

source summary used

True

fallback summary used

False

unsafe procedural detail present

false

raw source displayed

false

public summary redacted

true

Remediation handoff

Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.

Safety note

This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.

Official references

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12470