metagauss RegistrationMagic Plugin up to 6.0.9.1 on WordPress process_request cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability has been found in metagauss RegistrationMagic Plugin up to 6.0.9.1 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function process_request. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-12158. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in metagauss RegistrationMagic Plugin up to 6.0.9.1 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function process_request. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The RegistrationMagic – User Registration Forms Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.9.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_request function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate the privileges of an arbitrary form submitter to administrator by creating a malicious Chronos automation task that is executed via WordPress cron via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The weakness was released by Chloe Chamberland (PRISM). The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-12158 since 06/12/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 6.0.8.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-40924). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• metagauss

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• RegistrationMagic Plugin

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• 6.0.9.0
• 6.0.9.1

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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