CVE-2026-8940
4.3 MEDIUMThe WP Meta Sort Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.9
Published: 2026-06-09 · Last updated: 2026-06-09
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-352
Description
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.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8940
- [Other]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.php#L18
- [Other]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.php#L27
- [Other]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.php#L30
- [Other]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/wp-meta-sort-posts.php#L106
- [Other]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/06efa097-38dc-4499-b163-7a6254b25f72?source=cve
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