WowOptin <= 1.4.37 — Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Opt-In Deactivation
CVE-2026-14603Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.4.37Update to 1.4.38 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation optin
- Affected≤ 1.4.37
- Patched in1.4.38
Update to 1.4.38 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.4.37. Version 1.4.38 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.4.38, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Pedro Pinho.
The WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.37. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate opt-in statuses.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.
