This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited. Vulnerabilities like this one are used in mass-exploit campaigns. Attackers use these to attack thousands of websites at a time, regardless of traffic size or popularity. Learn more.
As immediate action, update the affected plugin. If you're unable to do so, ask your hosting provider or web developer for help.
While this vulnerability can be initiated by the role shown in "Required Privilege", successful exploitation requires a privileged user to perform an action — such as clicking a malicious link, visiting a crafted page, or submitting a form.
This could allow a malicious actor to execute commands on the target website. This can be used to gain backdoor access to then take full control of the website.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.
Update to version 0.8.23 or later to resolve the vulnerability.
Published by Patchstack
14 May, 2026