CVE-2026-8940
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.
Affected products
2<=0.9+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=0.9
- (no CPE)range: <=0.9
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/wp-meta-sort-posts.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/06efa097-38dc-4499-b163-7a6254b25f72nvd
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