CVE-2026-18322
Smart Popup by Supsystic <= 1.12.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Evidence observed
- Sep 22, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 24.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The Smart Popup by Supsystic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.0. This is due to a permission map collision in the `havePermissions()` function in `classes/frame.php`, where `array_merge()` overwrites the popup module's administrator-restricted method list with the base controller's value, silently removing `save` from protected actions; this is compounded by the subscription confirmation email embedding the same generic `pps_nonce` that the unauthenticated `wp_ajax_nopriv_save` endpoint accepts, and by the complete absence of any server-side role allowlist in `createWpSubscriber()`. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to submit a crafted POST request to `admin-ajax.php` using a nonce obtained from a public subscription confirmation email, setting `params[tpl][sub_wp_create_user_role]` to `administrator` via the exposed `popupControllerPps::save()` action, and then triggering the stored confirmation flow to create a persistent WordPress Administrator account with attacker-chosen credentials.
Sources
1Root-cause analysis, passive version checker, and lab PoC for CVE-2026-18322, an unauthenticated privilege escalation in the Smart Popup by Supsystic WordPress plugin.
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