CVE-2026-4139 (GCVE-0-2026-4139)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 07:45 – Updated: 2026-04-22 15:31
VLAI
Title
mCatFilter <= 0.5.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via compute_post() Function
Summary
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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-22 15:25 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2251 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
chsxf mCatFilter Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.5.2 (semver)
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Credits
Muhammad Afnaan
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