# Feeds for TikTok (TikTok feed, video, and gallery plugin) <= 1.8.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation and Activation

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-1975
- **Plugin:** Feeds for TikTok (TikTok feed, video, and gallery plugin) (`feeds-for-tiktok`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/feeds-for-tiktok/
- **Affected versions:** all versions before 1.9.0
- **Fixed in:** 1.9.0 (Update to 1.9.0 or later.)
- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **Weakness:** CWE-862
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin Medium, affected versions Medium (as of 2026-10-29)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/feeds-for-tiktok
- **Fix released:** 2026-10-28
- **Published:** 2026-10-29
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1975/

## Description

The Feeds for TikTok (TikTok feed, video, and gallery plugin) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the sbtt_install_plugin, sbtt_activate_plugin and sbtt_deactivate_plugin AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This is due to the handlers checking only the plugin's own settings capability (manage_options, or the delegable manage_tiktok_feed_options capability) and not the core install_plugins, activate_plugins or deactivate_plugins capabilities or the DISALLOW_FILE_MODS restriction. The install action also accepts a package URL from any host and activates the installed plugin. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to the plugin's settings, such as multisite sub-site administrators, users granted the manage_tiktok_feed_options capability, or administrators on sites where file modifications are disabled, to install and activate arbitrary plugins from an attacker-controlled URL or activate and deactivate installed plugins. This can lead to remote code execution.

## References

- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1975/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/feeds-for-tiktok/tags/1.9.0/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/feeds-for-tiktok/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1975/

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Free to use, share and adapt, also commercially, if you credit WPSec and link to this advisory.