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.

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Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-352

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title MCP Server for WordPress < 1.8.2 - Administrator Account Creation via CSRF
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

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Updated: 2026-09-26T06:00:20.605Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T11:14:31.549Z

Link: CVE-2026-96524

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-26T07:17:03.130

Modified: 2026-09-26T07:17:03.130

Link: CVE-2026-96524

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Updated: 2026-09-26T07:45:06Z

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