What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Starfish Review Generation & Marketing for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'srm_restore_options_defaults' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
The Starfish Review Generation & Marketing plugin for WordPress does not properly check user permissions before allowing certain actions. A logged-in user with low privileges can perform administrative functions they should not have access to, including reading sensitive data, modifying site content, or disrupting service. All versions up to 3.1.19 are affected.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Read sensitive data, modify content, or disrupt the site without proper authorization.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Any low-privilege user can escalate their access to perform admin-level actions on your site.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege WordPress user account (e.g., subscriber or contributor).
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
February 13, 2026
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
