Call To Action Plugin <= 3.1.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Settings Update
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 Call To Action Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.3. This is due to missing nonce validation in the cbox_options_page() function which handles saving, creating, and deleting plugin settings. The form rendered on the settings page does not include a wp_nonce_field(), and the save handler does not call wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer() before processing settings updates via $wpdb->update(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings such as call-to-action box title, content, link URL, image URL, colors, and other configuration options via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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-2026-4118
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g2qw-xxq7-4v3v
References
Other 9
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d15f5de-9ec9-466d-aafe-6304356ccb39?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/call-to-action-plugin/trunk/call-to-action-plugin.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/call-to-action-plugin/tags/3.1.3/call-to-action-plugin.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/call-to-action-plugin/trunk/call-to-action-plugin.php#L41
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/call-to-action-plugin/tags/3.1.3/call-to-action-plugin.php#L41
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/call-to-action-plugin/trunk/call-to-action-plugin.php#L69
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/call-to-action-plugin/tags/3.1.3/call-to-action-plugin.php#L69
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/call-to-action-plugin/trunk/call-to-action-plugin.php#L76
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/call-to-action-plugin/tags/3.1.3/call-to-action-plugin.php#L76
Sources
- CVE-2026-4118 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4118 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g2qw-xxq7-4v3v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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