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1 vulnerability by jasonpitts

CVE-2026-8940 (GCVE-0-2026-8940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 03:41 – Updated: 2026-06-09 16:00
VLAI
Title
WP Meta Sort Posts <= 0.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
jasonpitts WP Meta Sort Posts Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.9 (semver)
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Credits
Muhammad Afnaan
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