CVE-2026-27984 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Marketing Fire Widget Options widget-options allows Code Injection.This issue affects Widget Options: from n/a through <= 4.1.3.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Marketingfire	Widget-options
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/widget-options/vulnerability/wordpress-widget-options-plugin-4-1-3-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Marketingfire Marketingfire widget-options Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Marketingfire Marketingfire widget-options Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Marketing Fire Widget Options widget-options allows Code Injection.This issue affects Widget Options: from n/a through <= 4.1.3.
Title		WordPress Widget Options plugin <= 4.1.3 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-94
References		https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/widget-options/vulnerability/wordpress-widget-options-plugin-4-1-3-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-03-05T05:54:03.700Z

Updated: 2026-03-06T20:52:11.164Z

Reserved: 2026-02-25T12:12:49.962Z

Link: CVE-2026-27984

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-06T20:50:26.343Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-05T06:16:30.510

Modified: 2026-03-06T21:16:14.233

Link: CVE-2026-27984

Redhat

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