Word 2 Cash <= 0.9.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgeryto Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Settings Page
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · 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 Word 2 Cash plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 0.9.2. This is due to the complete absence of nonce verification on the settings save handler in the w2c_admin() function, combined with missing input sanitization before storage and missing output escaping when rendering the stored value. The w2c-definitions POST parameter is saved raw via update_option() and later echoed without escaping inside a <textarea> element. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to forge a request on behalf of a logged-in administrator, storing arbitrary JavaScript payloads that execute in the WordPress admin panel whenever the settings page is visited.
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-2026-6395
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p637-7ww8-j45c
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4c7ca5c-38aa-4413-83eb-29185cca2a74?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/word-2-cash/trunk/word2cash.php#L31
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/word-2-cash/tags/0.9.2/word2cash.php#L31
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/word-2-cash/trunk/word2cash.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/word-2-cash/tags/0.9.2/word2cash.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/word-2-cash/trunk/word2cash.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/word-2-cash/tags/0.9.2/word2cash.php#L18
More winking vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-20120 WordPress Affiliate Links Manager Plugin <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-6395 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-6395 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p637-7ww8-j45c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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