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CVE-2026-2941: Linksy Search and Replace <= 1.0.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Database Update via linksy_search_and_replace_item_details

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Linksy Search and Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'linksy_search_and_replace_item_details' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update any database table, any value, including the wp_capabilities database field, which allows attackers to change their own role to administrator, which leads to privilege escalation.

Affected products

• plugli Linksy Search and Replace: through 1.0.4

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/linksy-search-and-replace/tags/1.0.4/inc/Admin/Partials/SearchAndReplace/AjaxActions.php#L197
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0bf117e2-9e59-4028-b77f-7fce2e7174f3?source=cve

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