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CVE-2026-1296: Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite <= 1.2.7 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect via 'requested_page' Parameter

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-02-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-601

Description

The Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirection in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.7 due to insufficient validation on the 'requested_page' POST parameter in the verify_username_password function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• wpshuffle Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite – Frontend Posting WordPress Plugin: from 1.0.0 through 1.2.7

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-post-submission-manager-lite/tags/1.2.6/includes/classes/class-fpsml-shortcode.php#L108
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/frontend-post-submission-manager-lite/trunk/includes/classes/class-fpsml-shortcode.php#L108
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3458652%40frontend-post-submission-manager-lite&new=3458652%40frontend-post-submission-manager-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92c52129-7cf5-4a1b-80a1-b01140e6a72b?source=cve

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