Widget Context <= 1.3.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update via 'wl' Parameter
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 Widget Context plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_widget_context_settings function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify widget visibility context settings stored in the WordPress options table via a forged POST request to /wp-admin/widgets.php 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-2026-7615
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jrc7-p252-6hpq
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c434637-4bf9-46ee-9a6d-35eab7ef11a1?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/trunk/src/WidgetContext.php#L311
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/tags/1.3.3/src/WidgetContext.php#L311
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/trunk/src/WidgetContext.php#L282
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/tags/1.3.3/src/WidgetContext.php#L282
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/trunk/src/WidgetContext.php#L91
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-context/tags/1.3.3/src/WidgetContext.php#L91
- https://github.com/kasparsd/widget-context-wporg/pull/73
Sources
- CVE-2026-7615 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7615 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jrc7-p252-6hpq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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