Bottom Bar <= 0.1.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to 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 Bottom Bar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 0.1.7. This is due to missing nonce verification on the plugin's settings update forms handled in bottom-bar-admin.php. None of the three settings forms (main settings, sharing services, restore defaults) include a wp_nonce_field(), and the server-side processing code never calls check_admin_referer() or any equivalent nonce validation before processing POST data and calling update_option(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trick a logged-in administrator into submitting a crafted request that updates plugin configuration options, such as changing the language, maximum post counts, or enabled sharing services.
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-2026-6401
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3rp8-xffc-p7wp
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db0715ed-a06e-4a68-b9c3-408887cae113?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bottom-bar/trunk/bottom-bar-admin.php#L16
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bottom-bar/tags/0.1.7/bottom-bar-admin.php#L16
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bottom-bar/trunk/bottom-bar-admin.php#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bottom-bar/tags/0.1.7/bottom-bar-admin.php#L59
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- TI-2025-29172 WordPress Meta Keywords & Description plugin <= 0.8 - Local File Inclusion Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-6401 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-6401 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3rp8-xffc-p7wp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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