5.4
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-2284
News Element Elementor Blog Magazine <= 1.0.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Data Loss
Description

The News Element Elementor Blog Magazine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to a missing capability check and nonce verification on the 'ne_clean_data' AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to truncate 8 core WordPress database tables (posts, comments, terms, term_relationships, term_taxonomy, postmeta, commentmeta, termmeta) and delete the entire WordPress uploads directory, resulting in complete data loss.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 19, 2026, 7:17 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 19, 2026, 3:52 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-2284 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Webangon news_element
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update the News Elementor Blog Magazine plugin to a version that addresses the missing authorization vulnerability.
  • Update the News Elementor Blog Magazine plugin.
  • Verify that capability checks are enforced.
  • Ensure nonce verification is implemented.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-2284 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 19, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The News Element Elementor Blog Magazine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to a missing capability check and nonce verification on the 'ne_clean_data' AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to truncate 8 core WordPress database tables (posts, comments, terms, term_relationships, term_taxonomy, postmeta, commentmeta, termmeta) and delete the entire WordPress uploads directory, resulting in complete data loss.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
    Added CWE CWE-862
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/news-element/tags/1.0.8/admin/inc/dash.php#L206
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/news-element/trunk/admin/inc/dash.php#L206
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e5d81318-c9da-4626-acfa-f092d2ce5fe9?source=cve
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