Vulnerability · Published May 20, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-6401Bottom Bar <= 0.1.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Bottom Bar from svil4ok. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Bottom Bar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 0.1.7. This is due to missing nonce verification on the plugin's settings update forms handled in bottom-bar-admin.php. None of the three settings forms (main settings, sharing services, restore defaults) include a wp_nonce_field(), and the server-side processing code never calls check_admin_referer() or any equivalent nonce validation before processing POST data and calling update_option(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trick a logged-in administrator into submitting a crafted request that updates plugin configuration options, such as changing the language, maximum post counts, or enabled sharing services.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| svil4ok | Bottom Bar | 0 – through 0.1.7 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/db0715ed-a06e-4a68-b9c3-408887cae113?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bottom-bar/trunk/bottom-bar-admin.php#L16
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bottom-bar/tags/0.1.7/bottom-bar-admin.php#L16
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bottom-bar/trunk/bottom-bar-admin.php#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bottom-bar/tags/0.1.7/bottom-bar-admin.php#L59