MajorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-96524 (CVSS 8.8)

NVD · officialPublished Sep 26, 2026Risk 37/100EPSS 0.1%

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.

Technical details

CVSS

8.8

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:NoneUI:RequiredC:HighI:HighA:High

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