VulnerabilityPublished 11 Nov 2026

CVE-2026-106468: Code Snippets (WordPress plugin) · Missing Authorization

Affects Code Snippets (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 4.1.0 soon.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 06:47 UTC

Severity

High

Rated High by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none

Patch: Available – fixed in 4.1.0

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade Code Snippets (WordPress plugin) to 4.1.0.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Code Snippets	Affected <4.1.0	Fixed in 4.1.0

AI-suggested

Upgrade the Code Snippets plugin to version 4.1.0 or later, where this authorization issue is fixed. No other mitigation is required as the vulnerability is addressed by the official patch.

Description

The Code Snippets WordPress plugin versions before 4.1.0 contain a missing authorization vulnerability in multisite environments. This flaw allows a subsite administrator without network-management privileges to create, overwrite, or deactivate snippets that affect the entire network. The issue arises because the plugin does not verify network-level capabilities before processing a network-scope parameter on snippet import routes. The vulnerability is fixed in version 4.1.0.

Impact

An attacker with administrator privileges on a single subsite in a WordPress multisite network can escalate their influence to affect the entire network by modifying network-wide code snippets. This can lead to unauthorized code execution or changes impacting all sites within the network. There are no known exploits in the wild as of the published date.

Summary

CVE-2026-106468 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Code Snippets WordPress plugin prior to version 4.1.0. In multisite configurations, the plugin fails to verify if a user has the necessary network-level capabilities before honoring a network-scope parameter on snippet import routes. This allows an administrator of a single subsite, who lacks network-management rights, to manipulate network-wide snippets by creating, overwriting, or deactivating them. The vulnerability is resolved in version 4.1.0.

CWE-862Missing Authorization (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #4OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
V13.4.2 (opens in a new tab)
V7.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/1f3a3a59-9c84-4bfc-97ee-2f19518ca1a7/ (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 11 Nov 2026, 06:47 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-862

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