CVE-2026-8940

MEDIUM

WP Meta Sort Posts <= 0.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

The WP Meta Sort Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the top-level included script in msp-options.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's msp_loop_file and msp_nav_location settings via a forged request via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (1)
jasonpitts/WP Meta Sort Posts < 0.9
Published Jun 09, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 09, 2026