Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2026· Updated May 20, 2026
CVE-2026-8424
CVE-2026-8424
Description
The Remove Yellow BGBOX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'rybb_api_settings' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's stored settings by overwriting its configuration 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
2- Range: <=1.0
- Range: <=1.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-yellow-bgbox/tags/1.0/admin/rybb_api_settings.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-yellow-bgbox/tags/1.0/includes/functions.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-yellow-bgbox/trunk/admin/rybb_api_settings.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-yellow-bgbox/trunk/includes/functions.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5b30d27-a3f8-4535-a47f-675c939ec648nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 18, 2026 to May 24, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 28, 2026