Games Catalog <= 1.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Game/Post Deletion
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 Games Catalog plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the gc_crud() function which handles the delete action (action=delete) via a GET request without any wp_verify_nonce() / check_admin_referer() call. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary game catalog entries (including the associated WordPress post created for the game) 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-2026-8418
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x342-qrpq-h2vr
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0888cda8-63ca-44f6-a3eb-765c14a7e6c7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/game-catalog/trunk/admin-crud.php#L94
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/game-catalog/tags/1.2.0/admin-crud.php#L94
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/game-catalog/trunk/admin-crud.php#L31
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/game-catalog/tags/1.2.0/admin-crud.php#L31
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/game-catalog/trunk/games-catalog.php#L96
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/game-catalog/tags/1.2.0/games-catalog.php#L96
Sources
- CVE-2026-8418 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8418 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x342-qrpq-h2vr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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