CVE-2026-0572

Published: Feb 4, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.5

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The WebPurify Profanity Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'webpurify_save_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change plugin settings.

Related CWEs

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (2)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webpurifytextreplace/trunk/webpurifytextreplace-options.php?rev=2343695#L92

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9283f6ea-8bc4-4fdd-a0b9-05de127f34e4?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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