CVE-2026-74933

8.8 highEPSS 0.5%

High (8.8). EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-09-13
Modified: 2026-09-14
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

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

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