Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in BEAR Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-84023

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Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 September 2026

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๐Ÿ‘พ Exploit Exists๐ŸŸก Public PoC

What is CVE-2026-84023?

A vulnerability in the BEAR WordPress plugin, prior to version 1.2.2, allows attackers to exploit a lack of CSRF nonce verification and user capability checks. This can enable unauthorized modifications of taxonomy terms when a privileged user is tricked into visiting a malicious page, potentially compromising the integrity of the site's content.

Affected Version(s)

BEAR 0 < 1.2.2

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

Timeline

  • ๐ŸŸก

    Public PoC available

  • ๐Ÿ‘พ

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ali Mousavi
WPScan
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