Taqnix <= 1.0.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Account Deletion via 'taqnix_delete_my_account' AJAX Action
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Taqnix plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to a missing nonce verification in the taqnix_delete_my_account() function, where the check_ajax_referer() call is explicitly commented out on line 883. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trick a logged-in non-administrator user into deleting their own account via a forged request granted they can trick the user into performing an action such as clicking a link or visiting a malicious page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-3565
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g4r7-2w2r-848v
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82aeab24-3467-4cb0-b71f-b7f97c26dc80?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/taqnix/trunk/public/class-taqnix-user.php#L916
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/taqnix/tags/1.0.3/public/class-taqnix-user.php#L916
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/taqnix/trunk/public/class-taqnix-user.php#L883
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/taqnix/tags/1.0.3/public/class-taqnix-user.php#L883
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/taqnix/trunk/public/class-taqnix-user.php#L67
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/taqnix/tags/1.0.3/public/class-taqnix-user.php#L67
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3491080%40taqnix&new=3491080%40taqnix&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Sources
- CVE-2026-3565 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3565 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g4r7-2w2r-848v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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