CVE-2026-0572 (GCVE-0-2026-0572)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-04 08:25 – Updated: 2026-02-04 16:49
VLAI?
Title
WebPurify Profanity Filter <= 4.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Change via webpurify_save_options
Summary
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.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
webpurify WebPurify Profanity Filter Affected: * , ≤ 4.0.2 (semver)
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Credits
Bhumividh Treloges
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