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CVE-2026-74933: GenieWords 1.5.27 - 1.5.34 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS and Configuration Overwrite
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-13 · updated 2026-09-14
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
The GenieWords WordPress plugin from 1.5.27 to 1.5.34 does not have authorisation checks on some of its REST API and AJAX actions, and decodes stored values before printing them, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite its configuration and inject arbitrary web scripts that execute on every front-end page.
Affected products
- GenieWords: from 1.5.27 through 1.5.34
References
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