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CVE-2026-8942

The MetaMagic SEO Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the metamagic_update_options function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's SEO settings, including enabling or disabling the plugin and toggling description and keyword meta tag output via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an ac
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:01fffdd0acc3ece171ad569221fb84f7348760eac98879391cda3acadc34c811
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"MetaMagic SEO Plugin","vendor":"lhughes33472","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.6","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0d5022e5a8d406dbb666496bbc6f3c0ca99fab02cf4a37127422cff18c59721a · sha256:f1058c9a3961e9cf… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0d5022e5a8d406dbb666496bbc6f3c0ca99fab02cf4a37127422cff18c59721a · sha256:f1058c9a3961e9cf… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-352","description":"CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0d5022e5a8d406dbb666496bbc6f3c0ca99fab02cf4a37127422cff18c59721a · sha256:f1058c9a3961e9cf… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metamagic/trunk/metamagic.php#L143"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0d5022e5a8d406dbb666496bbc6f3c0ca99fab02cf4a37127422cff18c59721a · sha256:f1058c9a3961e9cf… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metamagic/trunk/metamagic.php#L188"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0d5022e5a8d406dbb666496bbc6f3c0ca99fab02cf4a37127422cff18c59721a · sha256:f1058c9a3961e9cf… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a08e4147-9a57-4936-9a18-02110c79a8bb?source=cve"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0d5022e5a8d406dbb666496bbc6f3c0ca99fab02cf4a37127422cff18c59721a · sha256:f1058c9a3961e9cf… · /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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