WP Meta Sort Posts <= 0.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update
CVE-2026-8940

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WP Meta Sort Posts
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-8940?

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 Version(s)

WP Meta Sort Posts 0 <= 0.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-p...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-p...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Muhammad Afnaan
.