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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Description
The Remove meta boxes per user role plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.01. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify or reset the plugin's per-role meta box visibility settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-8422
Source
Wordfence
Published
Jun 2, 2026 at 07:48
Affected Product
Vendor
mr_mat
Product
Remove meta boxes per user role
Affected Versions
mr_mat Remove meta boxes per user role 0
CWE Classification
References
- www.wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e456b08d-ccb9-40b8-9c36-d4b2f7f7fb91
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/admin_pages/settings.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/admin_pages/settings.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/admin_pages/settings.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/admin_pages/settings.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/remove-meta-boxes-per-role.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/remove-meta-boxes-per-role.php