Remove NoFollow Commenter URL <= 1.0 - 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 Remove NoFollow Commenter URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the gmz_comment_settings_save function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's comment-display setting via a forged request 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-2026-9730
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2qgv-chqp-r2q6
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c47e170f-f51e-400a-97f3-4da034c193a9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-nofollow-commenter-link/tags/1.0/gmzxnofollow.php#L24
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-nofollow-commenter-link/tags/1.0/gmzxnofollow.php#L32
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-nofollow-commenter-link/tags/1.0/gmzxnofollow.php#L42
Sources
- CVE-2026-9730 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9730 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2qgv-chqp-r2q6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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