jasonpitts WP Meta Sort Posts Plugin up to 0.9 on WordPress Setting msp-options.php msp_nav_location cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in jasonpitts WP Meta Sort Posts Plugin up to 0.9 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function of the file msp-options.php of the component Setting Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument msp_nav_location can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-8940. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in jasonpitts WP Meta Sort Posts Plugin up to 0.9 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file msp-options.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument msp_nav_location with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WP Meta Sort Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the top-level included script in msp-options.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the plugin's msp_loop_file and msp_nav_location settings via a forged request via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The weakness was presented by Muhammad Afnaan. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-8940 since 05/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

By approaching the search of inurl:msp-options.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• jasonpitts

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• WP Meta Sort Posts Plugin

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9

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