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TI-2026-63793 Aliases CVE-2026-96524GHSA-9frx-mgw6-jh42

MCP Server for WordPress < 1.8.2 - Administrator Account Creation via CSRF

Priority LOW 39CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

The MCP Server for WordPress WordPress plugin before 1.8.2 does not correctly verify the WordPress REST API nonce for cookie-authenticated requests when a condition an attacker can influence is present, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform administrator-only actions, including creating a new administrator account, by tricking a logged-in administrator into visiting a crafted page.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00135 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed MCP Server for WordPress (Unknown): 1.8.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownMCP Server for WordPressbefore 1.8.21.8.2Patch availableCNA
  • MCP Server for WordPress VendorUnknown Affected before 1.8.2 Fixed in 1.8.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA MCP Server for WordPress (Unknown) Fixed in 1.8.2

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    MCP Server for WordPress 1.8.2

    3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-63795 MCP Server for WordPress < 1.8.2 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Post Title Disclosure via workflows/run REST RoutePriority LOW 13
    • TI-2026-63794 MCP Server for WordPress < 1.8.2 - Contributor+ Workflow Modification and Deletion via Missing Ownership CheckPriority LOW 13
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-96524
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9frx-mgw6-jh42

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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