Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-8940WP Meta Sort Posts <= 0.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in WP Meta Sort Posts from jasonpitts. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Meta Sort Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the top-level included script in msp-options.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's msp_loop_file and msp_nav_location settings 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| jasonpitts | WP Meta Sort Posts | 0 – through 0.9 |
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/06efa097-38dc-4499-b163-7a6254b25f72?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/wp-meta-sort-posts.php#L106
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.php#L27
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-sort-posts/trunk/msp-options.php#L30