Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2026· Updated May 22, 2026
CVE-2026-7615
CVE-2026-7615
Description
The Widget Context plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_widget_context_settings function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify widget visibility context settings stored in the WordPress options table via a forged POST request to /wp-admin/widgets.php via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Affected products
3(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=1.3.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/kasparsd/widget-context-wporg/pull/73nvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/tags/1.3.3/src/WidgetContext.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/tags/1.3.3/src/WidgetContext.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/tags/1.3.3/src/WidgetContext.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/trunk/src/WidgetContext.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/trunk/src/WidgetContext.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/trunk/src/WidgetContext.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c434637-4bf9-46ee-9a6d-35eab7ef11a1nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 18, 2026 to May 24, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 28, 2026