The Welcomizer <= 2.8.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution via 'twiz_custom_logic' Parameter

Summary

The The Welcomizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to and including 2.8.1. This is due to missing authorization checks on the twiz_ajax_callback AJAX action's 'savesection' handler combined with the use of eval() to execute user-supplied 'custom logic' code on the frontend. The AJAX handler at twiz-ajax.php verifies a nonce but performs no current_user_can() capability check for the ACTION_SAVE_SECTION case. Furthermore, the nonce is exposed to any authenticated user through the directly-accessible twiz-ajax.js.php file which loads WordPress and outputs the nonce. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary PHP code via the twiz_custom_logic POST parameter when saving a section with output choice 'twiz_logic_output'.

Timeline

1. Sep 19, 2026, 7:43 AM UTCCVE published
2. Sep 19, 2026, 1:23 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

3. Sep 19, 2026, 2:01 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• sebwordpress The Welcomizer

  through 2.8.1

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