CVE-2026-12470 NiteoThemes CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin - Broken Access Control

NiteoThemes CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin for WordPress <= 4.1.17 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by missing capability check on 'cmp_ajax_import_settings' AJAX action, letting authenticated attackers with Editor-level access escalate privileges by modifying arbitrary options.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.33% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Broken Access Control
Impact
Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
22 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-269

Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 4.1.17 or the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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