CVE-2026-92426: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization in YITH WooCommerce Popup
Description
CVE-2026-92426 is an authorization vulnerability in the YITH WooCommerce Popup WordPress plugin versions before 1.60.0. The plugin fails to verify user capabilities before allowing deletion of post meta data. This flaw permits users with the Contributor role or higher to delete arbitrary post meta from any post, including those owned by users with higher privileges.
Affected software
YITH WooCommerce Popup
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The YITH WooCommerce Popup plugin prior to version 1.60.0 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability (CWE-863). It does not properly check the capability of the requesting user before permitting deletion of post meta data. As a result, users with the Contributor role and above can delete arbitrary post meta from any post, potentially affecting content owned by higher-privileged users.
Potential Impact
Users with Contributor role or higher can delete arbitrary post meta from any post, including posts owned by users with higher privileges. This could lead to unauthorized modification or removal of metadata associated with posts, potentially impacting site content integrity or plugin functionality.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the YITH WooCommerce Popup plugin to version 1.60.0 or later where this authorization issue is fixed. No other mitigation guidance is provided. Patch status is not explicitly confirmed in the input, but the presence of a fixed version (1.60.0) implies an official fix is available.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-16T10:06:54.213Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6acf225a2cdf04f656513bb4
Added to database: 10/14/2026, 06:34:02 UTC
Last enriched: 10/14/2026, 06:49:19 UTC
Last updated: 10/14/2026, 19:00:33 UTC
Views: 15
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