CVE-2026-8940
4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
The WP Meta Sort Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the top-level included script in msp-options.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's msp_loop_file and msp_nav_location settings via a forged request via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| jasonpitts | WP Meta Sort Posts | 0 <= 0.9 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-352: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/06efa097-38dc-4499-b163-7a6254b25f72?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/wp-meta-sort-posts.php#L106
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.php#L27
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.php#L30
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