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CVE-2026-8616

The Fense Proxy & VPN Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation on the fense_bpvt_save_settings() function in versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. The callback is registered to both wp_ajax_* and wp_ajax_nopriv_* hooks and unconditionally calls delete_option() on four plugin options and delete_transient() on three transients tied to the plugin's API key cache and settings. This makes it possible
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:1521baa2ae481c1d4530b7994d9da11b038c595ad642f6d114dad410c235d7bf
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Fense Proxy & VPN Blocker","vendor":"devozon","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.0.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f99e8176c924df13d0a707843fc3ab8d66ad5103fd7b786e4e0ab1f69db2e045 · sha256:7de945870b317ffc… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f99e8176c924df13d0a707843fc3ab8d66ad5103fd7b786e4e0ab1f69db2e045 · sha256:7de945870b317ffc… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f99e8176c924df13d0a707843fc3ab8d66ad5103fd7b786e4e0ab1f69db2e045 · sha256:7de945870b317ffc… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

4 source assertions
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fense-block-vpn-proxy/tags/2.9.0/includes/system/fense-bpvt-header-code.php#L32"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f99e8176c924df13d0a707843fc3ab8d66ad5103fd7b786e4e0ab1f69db2e045 · sha256:7de945870b317ffc… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fense-block-vpn-proxy/tags/2.9.0/includes/system/fense-bpvt-header-code.php#L48"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f99e8176c924df13d0a707843fc3ab8d66ad5103fd7b786e4e0ab1f69db2e045 · sha256:7de945870b317ffc… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fense-block-vpn-proxy/tags/3.0.2/includes/system/header-code.php?rev=3574545"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f99e8176c924df13d0a707843fc3ab8d66ad5103fd7b786e4e0ab1f69db2e045 · sha256:7de945870b317ffc… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1208ac78-4a56-4daa-b935-d579f07f8e8e?source=cve"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f99e8176c924df13d0a707843fc3ab8d66ad5103fd7b786e4e0ab1f69db2e045 · sha256:7de945870b317ffc… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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