Google PageRank Display <= 1.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update via Settings Page
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 Google PageRank Display plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to and including 1.4. This is due to missing nonce validation in the gpdisplay_option() function, which handles the plugin settings page. The settings form does not include a wp_nonce_field(), and the form handler does not call check_admin_referer() or wp_verify_nonce() before processing the POST request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trick a logged-in administrator into submitting a crafted request that changes the plugin's settings (stored via update_option()), such as the display style used to render the PageRank badge.
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-2026-6294
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8w4w-mfg4-cvw8
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e39ebe27-7780-48b6-8dca-7da7a78fce69?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-pagerank-display/trunk/gpdisplay.php#L32
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-pagerank-display/tags/1.4/gpdisplay.php#L32
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-pagerank-display/trunk/gpdisplay.php#L56
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-pagerank-display/tags/1.4/gpdisplay.php#L56
Sources
- CVE-2026-6294 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-6294 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8w4w-mfg4-cvw8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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