CVE-2026-4327 (GCVE-0-2026-4327)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-19 07:43 – Updated: 2026-09-19 14:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
The Welcomizer <= 2.8.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution via 'twiz_custom_logic' Parameter
Summary
The The Welcomizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to and including 2.8.1. This is due to missing authorization checks on the twiz_ajax_callback AJAX action's 'savesection' handler combined with the use of eval() to execute user-supplied 'custom logic' code on the frontend. The AJAX handler at twiz-ajax.php verifies a nonce but performs no current_user_can() capability check for the ACTION_SAVE_SECTION case. Furthermore, the nonce is exposed to any authenticated user through the directly-accessible twiz-ajax.js.php file which loads WordPress and outputs the nonce. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary PHP code via the twiz_custom_logic POST parameter when saving a section with output choice 'twiz_logic_output'.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-19 13:23 UTC
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
12 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sebwordpress | The Welcomizer |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.8.1
(semver)
|
guessed |
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