MCP Server for WordPress < 1.8.2 - Administrator Account Creation via CSRF
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.
CVE-2026-96524
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-96524
MCP Server for WordPress
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "Unknown",
"product": "MCP Server for WordPress",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "1.8.2",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-96524
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
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- Event
- #2381 · Revision 1
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