# CVE-2026-1359: Missing authorization in Genolve – Genolve AI Business Graphics, AI Images

> Authenticated contributors can escalate privileges to administrator by modifying WordPress options due to missing capability checks in the Genolve plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 13 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-89c5-rq9r-gpg5

## What is CVE-2026-1359?

CVE-2026-1359 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Genolve – Genolve AI Business Graphics, AI Images, published on 11 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Genolve – AI image AI video generation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the genolve_setOpt() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update arbitrary WordPress options, including enabling user registration and setting the default role to administrator, resulting in privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1359?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-1359?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1359 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-1359 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-1359 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-1359 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Genolve – Genolve AI Business Graphics, AI Images, published on 11 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Genolve – Genolve AI Business Graphics, AI Images. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1359/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1359/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1359
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1359
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1359

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1359/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.