Toret Manager <= 1.2.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update via AJAX actions
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.3.0
- Affected Plugin
- Toret Manager
- Affected Version
<= 1.2.7- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
- CVE
CVE-2026-0912
At a glance
CVE-2026-0912 is a high-severity Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the Toret Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2.7. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.3.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2026, reported by vgo0.
Vulnerability Overview
The Toret Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'trman_save_option' function and on the 'trman_save_option_items' in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.7. 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.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
Toret Manager <= 1.2.7 carries this weakness at trman_save_option, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Improper privilege management means the code lets an account end up with capabilities its role should not have.
It converts a low-privileged account into an administrative one, which makes every other restriction on the site irrelevant. For Toret Manager the fix is 1.3.0: builds <= 1.2.7 are affected, anything from 1.3.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.3.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Toret Manager 1.3.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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