---
id: CVE-2026-12470
title: >-
  The CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes plugin for WordPress
  is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege
  escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'cmp_ajax_import_settings'
  A…
summary: >-
  The CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes plugin for WordPress
  is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege
  escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'cmp_ajax_import_settings'
  A…
severity: high
cvss: 7.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: niteo
product: CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes
affected:
  - cmp_coming_soon_maintenance_plugin_by_niteothemes <= 4.1.17
published: '2026-09-22'
updated: '2026-09-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-22T19:04:55.677'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12470'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmp-coming-soon-maintenance/tags/4.1.17/niteo-cmp.php#L3104
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmp-coming-soon-maintenance/tags/4.1.17/niteo-cmp.php#L3143
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3661069%40cmp-coming-soon-maintenance&new=3661069%40cmp-coming-soon-maintenance
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/20e2f410-72a9-4d94-b80d-1cb625c08962?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-22T13:22:53.873003Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-22T05:59:04.885Z'
epss: 0.00332
epssPercentile: 0.26567
---

## Overview

The CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'cmp_ajax_import_settings' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.17. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.