CVE-2026-1720: Wpxpo Wowoptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups And Optins For Lead Generation

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WowOptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups and Optins for Lead Generation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_and_active_plugin' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.24. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins.

Affected products

• Wpxpo Wowoptin: Next-Gen Popup Maker – Create Stunning Popups And Optins For Lead Generation: up to and including 1.4.24

Published 2026-03-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.