CVE-2026-4139CWE-352

mCatFilter <= 0.5.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via compute_post() Function

Medium · published April 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00196 · 8.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Published
2026-04-22T07:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 APR 07:45Z
    mCatFilter <= 0.5.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via compute_post() Function
    cvelistv5