---
id: CVE-2026-86591
title: >-
  The Botiga Pro WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 does not perform any
  authorisation checks on one of its REST routes, allowing unauthenticated users
  to update arbitrary WordPress options with arbitrary values, which could lead
  to privilege e…
summary: >-
  The Botiga Pro WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 does not perform any
  authorisation checks on one of its REST routes, allowing unauthenticated users
  to update arbitrary WordPress options with arbitrary values, which could lead
  to privilege e…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
product: Botiga Pro
affected:
  - botiga_pro < 1.6.5
published: '2026-09-19'
updated: '2026-09-21'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-21T13:34:57.127'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86591'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e2389a60-16c2-4750-b85e-a82b91390b30/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00542
epssPercentile: 0.43173
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-19T13:12:32.907519Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-19T06:59:13.114Z'
---

## Overview

The Botiga Pro WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 does not perform any authorisation checks on one of its REST routes, allowing unauthenticated users to update arbitrary WordPress options with arbitrary values, which could lead to privilege escalation and a full site takeover.
The same route also allows unauthenticated users to store arbitrary web scripts which are then executed on every page of the site's front end, as well as to move arbitrary posts to the trash.

## Remediation

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