---
id: "CVE-2026-73186"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-73186"]
title: "Enable Media Replace WordPress plugin: subscriber accounts can inject PHP objects"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["enable-media-replace", "package", "php", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["no-subscriber-accounts", "plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-30T19:19:10+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-30T19:25:30+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-30T19:25:50+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73186", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-30T19:25:30+00:00"}]
---

# Enable Media Replace WordPress plugin: subscriber accounts can inject PHP objects

Enable Media Replace, a WordPress plugin, up to and including version 4.2.2 has a PHP object injection flaw reachable by users with the Subscriber role. Object injection can let an attacker run code or alter application logic on the site.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Enable Media Replace version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or with `wp plugin get enable-media-replace`
- Confirm whether the plugin is active on the site
- Check whether open registration gives new users the Subscriber role

## Fix

- Move Enable Media Replace to a version later than `4.2.2`; the exact fixed version is unknown from the sources

## Timeline

- 2026-10-30T19:25:30+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73186

## From the sources

Subscriber PHP Object Injection in Enable Media Replace <= 4.2.2 versions.

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