CVE-2026-8906
What it is
The WP Promoter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-promoter/tags/1.3/admin-wp-promoter.php#L120
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-promoter/tags/1.3/admin-wp-promoter.php#L45
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-promoter/tags/1.3/admin-wp-promoter.php#L64
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-promoter/tags/1.3/admin-wp-promoter.php#L66
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8451fe09-4280-49ef-b088-698cbf40b86b?source=cve