🛡️ CVE-2026-1359

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-863 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
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Description

The Genolve – AI image AI video generation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the genolve_setOpt() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update arbitrary WordPress options, including enabling user registration and setting the default role to administrator, resulting in privilege escalation.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-1359 is classified as CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. An authorisation check runs but reaches the wrong conclusion, permitting actions it should refuse.

Affected software

CVE-2026-1359 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 11 July 2026 and last revised on 13 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-863
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-11
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-13
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unknown — —

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