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4.3

Old Posts Highlighter for WordPress: Unauthenticated Configuration Changes

CVE-2026-7614 · published 5 months ago
Summary

The Old Posts Highlighter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a type of attack where an attacker can trick a site administrator into making changes to the plugin's settings without permission. This can happen if the administrator clicks on a malicious link. To protect your site, update the plugin to the latest version or remove it if you don't use it.

Original advisory text
The Old Posts Highlighter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the O...
The Old Posts Highlighter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the OPH_options function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's configuration settings without authorization via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit
  • Gives an attacker partial control
Severity
4.3 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Timeline
Published27 May 2026
Updated26 Oct 2026
First seen27 May 2026
Sources
CVE-2026-7614 · NVD
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