CVE-2026-96524MCP Server for WordPress < 1.8.2 - Administrator Account Creation via CSRF
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-352
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 26, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown MCP Server for WordPress unknown:mcp_server_for_wordpress (from the name) | before 1.8.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d8e97a77-b70f-41f0-8d1e-0d50b6d878c6/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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