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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-4139
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-Wordfence
Assigner Org ID-b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-22 Apr, 2026 | 07:45
Updated At-22 Apr, 2026 | 15:31
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
mCatFilter <= 0.5.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via compute_post() Function

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. 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.

Affected Products
Vendor
chsxf
Product
mCatFilter
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 0 through 0.5.2 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-352CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-352
Description: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.14.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 4.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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finder
Muhammad Afnaan
Timeline
EventDate
Disclosed2026-04-21 19:06:04
Event: Disclosed
Date: 2026-04-21 19:06:04
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References
HyperlinkResource
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/622ee6c8-7739-44ae-b88f-63a93c0a9b20?source=cve
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/trunk/mcatfilter.php#L339
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/tags/0.5.2/mcatfilter.php#L339
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/trunk/mcatfilter.php#L320
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/tags/0.5.2/mcatfilter.php#L320
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/trunk/mcatfilter.php#L138
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/tags/0.5.2/mcatfilter.php#L138
N/A
Hyperlink: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/622ee6c8-7739-44ae-b88f-63a93c0a9b20?source=cve
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/trunk/mcatfilter.php#L339
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/tags/0.5.2/mcatfilter.php#L339
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/trunk/mcatfilter.php#L320
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/tags/0.5.2/mcatfilter.php#L320
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/trunk/mcatfilter.php#L138
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mcatfilter/tags/0.5.2/mcatfilter.php#L138
Resource: N/A
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