CVE-2026-15947
The Metasync plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_instant_indexing_settings() function in versions up to, and including, 2.6.23.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Metasync plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_instant_indexing_settings() function in versions up to, and including, 2.6.23. This function is registered on the admin_init hook and only checks for the presence of $_POST['submit'] before writing attacker-supplied $_POST['metasync_post_types'] into the site-wide 'metasync_options_instant_indexing' option via update_option(); no current_user_can()/current_user_has_plugin_access() check and no nonce verification are performed. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify the site's Google Instant Indexing post-type configuration, controlling which post types are auto-submitted to Google's Instant Indexing service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metasync/tags/2.6.16/admin/class-metasync-admin.php#L384
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metasync/tags/2.6.16/admin/class-metasync-admin.php#L6358
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metasync/tags/2.6.16/admin/class-metasync-admin.php#L6364
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metasync/tags/2.6.17/admin/class-metasync-admin.php#L384
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metasync/tags/2.6.17/admin/class-metasync-admin.php#L6358
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metasync/tags/2.6.17/admin/class-metasync-admin.php#L6364
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3676919
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1bfba54f-961d-4889-9272-0020c9fa0801?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.