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CVE-2026-0572: WebPurify Profanity Filter <= 4.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Change via webpurify_save_options

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-02-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected products

• WebPurify Profanity Filter: through 4.0.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webpurifytextreplace/trunk/webpurifytextreplace-options.php?rev=2343695#L92
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9283f6ea-8bc4-4fdd-a0b9-05de127f34e4?source=cve

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