Frontend User Notes <= 2.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Note Content Modification via 'confirmEdit' 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 Frontend User Notes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the funp_ajax_modify_notes function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trick a logged-in user into visiting a malicious page, causing unauthorized overwriting of that victim's own note content via a forged cross-site request to wp_update_post() via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Due to ownership enforcement comparing the note's stored _funp_single_user_id meta against the current session's user ID, the attack is limited to modifying only notes belonging to the tricked victim, and cannot be used to alter notes owned by arbitrary third-party users.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absikandar | Frontend User Notes | up to 2.1.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Frontend User Notes Vendorabsikandar Affected up to 2.1.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7047
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pjrp-wx6v-7795
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4699a9d7-4b72-4266-90be-1407e7d5b1eb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-user-notes/trunk/includes/ajax.php#L157
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-user-notes/tags/2.1.1/includes/ajax.php#L157
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-user-notes/trunk/includes/ajax.php#L108
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-user-notes/tags/2.1.1/includes/ajax.php#L108
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3559955/
More absikandar vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-11068 Authorization bypass in absikandar Frontend User Notes CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-7047 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7047 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pjrp-wx6v-7795 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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