CVE-2026-8422
The Remove meta boxes per user role plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.01.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Remove meta boxes per user role plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.01. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify or reset the plugin's per-role meta box visibility settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/admin_pages/settings.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/admin_pages/settings.php#L26
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/remove-meta-boxes-per-role.php#L52
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/admin_pages/settings.php#L23
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/admin_pages/settings.php#L26
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/remove-meta-boxes-per-role.php#L52
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e456b08d-ccb9-40b8-9c36-d4b2f7f7fb91?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.