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CVE-2026-74933 (GCVE-0-2026-74933)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-13 20:06 – Updated: 2026-09-14 12:39

Title

GenieWords 1.5.27 - 1.5.34 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS and Configuration Overwrite

Summary

The GenieWords WordPress plugin from 1.5.27 to 1.5.34 does not have authorisation checks on some of its REST API and AJAX actions, and decodes stored values before printing them, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite its configuration and inject arbitrary web scripts that execute on every front-end page.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-14 12:38 UTC

CWE

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/23dc45bb-e7b6-4c…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Unknown	GenieWords	Affected: 1.5.27 , ≤ 1.5.34 (semver)	guessed

Credits

Pablo González Pérez Francisco José Ramírez Vicente Iñigo Sánchez Enciso WPScan

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FKIE_CVE-2026-74933

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-13 21:17 - Updated: 2026-09-14 21:10

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/23dc45bb-e7b6-4cae-81ce-2c6394afb454/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-PQM3-8FWQ-QWHF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-13 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-13 21:31

Details

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Nomenclature

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