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CVE-2026-6452: Bigfishgames Syndicate <= 1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Reset and Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-20 · updated 2026-07-24
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Bigfishgames Syndicate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bigfishgames_syndicate_submenu() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset plugin settings and update them via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• ktulhu Bigfishgames Syndicate: through 1.2

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bigfishgames-syndicate/tags/1.2/bigfishgames-syndicate.php#L169
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bigfishgames-syndicate/tags/1.2/bigfishgames-syndicate.php#L238
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bigfishgames-syndicate/trunk/bigfishgames-syndicate.php#L169
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bigfishgames-syndicate/trunk/bigfishgames-syndicate.php#L238
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67877a2e-a45d-4674-b749-05d9217ef6bf?source=cve

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