CVE-2026-12471

Description

The Spexo theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the activate_plugin function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate a limited set of plugins.

References

• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spexo/2.0.11/inc/activation/class-welcome-notice.php#L304
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spexo/2.0.6/inc/activation/class-welcome-notice.php
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=334799%40spexo&new=334799%40spexo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6ddf6da6-ec71-4206-8798-2c0c751b3209?source=cve