Vulnerability · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-1398Change WP URL <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Change WP URL from chrisnowak. 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 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Change WP 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 'change-wp-url' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the WP Login URL 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 |
|---|---|---|
| chrisnowak | Change WP URL | 0 – through 1.0 |
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/f5dead05-5960-4ccb-89c2-c8bb0cd9c9e9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/change-wp-url/trunk/change-wp-url.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/change-wp-url/tags/1.0/change-wp-url.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/change-wp-url/trunk/change-wp-url.php#L85
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/change-wp-url/tags/1.0/change-wp-url.php#L85