WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Widget Context < 1.4.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update via 'wl' Parameter
Description
The Widget Context plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_widget_context_settings function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify widget visibility context settings stored in the WordPress options table via a forged POST request to /wp-admin/widgets.php via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
CSRF
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
darkmode
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-05-21 (about 3 months ago)
Added
2026-05-21 (about 3 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-05-22 (about 3 months ago)