Media Library Assistant Plugin up to 3.41 on WordPress Empty Trash cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Media Library Assistant Plugin up to 3.41. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Empty Trash. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-113486. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Media Library Assistant Plugin up to 3.41 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Empty Trash. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Media Library Assistant WordPress plugin before 3.42 does not verify a CSRF nonce on its Empty Trash media action, so a forged cross-site request can cause a logged-in user with the Editor role or above to permanently delete every trashed attachment on the site.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-113486 since 10/20/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.42 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Media Library Assistant Plugin

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27
• 3.28
• 3.29
• 3.30
• 3.31
• 3.32
• 3.33
• 3.34
• 3.35
• 3.36
• 3.37
• 3.38
• 3.39
• 3.40
• 3.41

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