Missing authorization in NotificationX allows content injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The NotificationX WordPress plugin up to and including 3.3.3 is affected. A REST route lacks an authorization check (CWE-862), so it accepts requests from users who are not logged in. An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject forged social-proof entries into enabled non-popup NotificationX campaigns, such as comment, sales and review notifications.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The NotificationX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization leading to arbitrary content injection in versions up to, and including, 3.3.3 The /notificationx/v1/popup-submit REST route is registered with permission_callback => '__return_true', and the handler at PopupNotification::handle_popup_submission() accepts an attacker-controlled nx_id, loads whichever NotificationX campaign that id points to, and copies that campaign's own source into the new entry without verifying that the campaign is a Popup Notification or Exit Intent Popup (the two sources this form is intended to serve). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject forged social-proof entries (name, title, message, email, theme) into any enabled non-popup NotificationX campaign — WP Comments, WooCommerce/EDD/Give sales, reviews, etc.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpdevteam | NotificationX – FOMO, Live Sales Notification, WooCommerce Sales Popup, GDPR, Social Proof, Announcement Banner & Floating Notification Bar | up to 3.3.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- NotificationX – FOMO, Live Sales Notification, WooCommerce Sales Popup, GDPR, Social Proof, Announcement Banner & Floating Notification Bar Vendorwpdevteam Affected up to 3.3.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for NotificationX.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110721
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-q86v-2x23-2567
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/84b5e044-4522-480a-ad14-8886ed691a86?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/notificationx/tags/3.3.3/includes/Extensions/PopupNotification/PopupNotification.php#L1161
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/notificationx/tags/3.3.3/includes/Extensions/Extension.php#L668
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/notificationx/tags/3.3.3/includes/Core/Rest/Popup.php#L58
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/notificationx/tags/3.3.3/includes/Core/Rest/Popup.php#L186
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/notificationx/tags/3.3.3/includes/Admin/Entries.php#L93
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3746251/notificationx/trunk/includes/Extensions/PopupNotification/PopupNotification.php
More wpdevteam vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01579 SQL injection in wpdevteam NotificationX – FOMO, Live Sales Notification, WooCommerce… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-15541 WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-06070 Essential Blocks < 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-11478 SQL injection in ReviewX WordPress Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-00275 NotificationX < 2.3.9 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-05197 Essential Blocks < 4.7.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-110721 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110721 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q86v-2x23-2567 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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