Cross-site request forgery in Media LIbrary Assistant WordPress plugin
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
David Lingren's Media LIbrary Assistant WordPress plugin (media-library-assistant) is affected through version 3.42. A missing protection against cross-site request forgery (CWE-352) lets a remote attacker trigger changes that the plugin performs with a logged-in user's privileges. The attacker needs the user to interact with a crafted page, and the impact is limited to integrity.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in David Lingren Media LIbrary Assistant media-library-assistant allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Media LIbrary Assistant: from n/a through 3.42.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lingren | Media LIbrary Assistant | up to 3.42 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Media LIbrary Assistant VendorDavid Lingren Affected up to 3.42 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:davidlingren:media_library_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | David Lingren |
- cpe:2.3:a:davidlingren:media_library_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·David Lingren
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Media LIbrary Assistant.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-26 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97295
- 2026-10-26 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-qwqj-xj3f-497v
More David Lingren vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-04272 Media Library Assistant <= 3.09 - Unauthenticated Local/Remote File Inclusion & Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09593 In the media-library-assistant plugin before 2.82 for WordPress, Remote Code Execution… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-34575 WordPress Media Library Assistant plugin <= 3.19 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-06326 Unrestricted file upload in David Lingren Media Library Assistant CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-47271 WordPress Media LIbrary Assistant plugin <= 3.39 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-05206 Media Library Assistant <= 3.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via order Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-97295 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97295 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qwqj-xj3f-497v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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