CVE-2026-4139
The mCatFilter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 0.5.2. This is due to the complete absence of nonce verification and capability checks in the compute_post() function, which processes settings updates. The compute_post() function is called in the plugin constructor on every page load via the plugins_loaded hook, and it directly processes $_POST data to modify plugin settings via update_option() without any CSRF token validation.
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This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify all plugin settings, including category exclusion rules, feed exclusion flags, and tag page exclusion flags, via a forged POST request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 4.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.20%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 8
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-352
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/tags/0.5.2/mcatfilter.php#L138
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/tags/0.5.2/mcatfilter.php#L320
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/tags/0.5.2/mcatfilter.php#L339
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/trunk/mcatfilter.php#L138
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/trunk/mcatfilter.php#L320
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/trunk/mcatfilter.php#L339
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/622ee6c8-7739-44ae-b88f-63a93c0a9b20?source=cve
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