CVE-2026-96524

MCP Server for WordPress < 1.8.2 - Administrator Account Creation via CSRF

The MCP Server for WordPress WordPress plugin before 1.8.2 does not correctly verify the WordPress REST API nonce for cookie-authenticated requests when a condition an attacker can influence is present, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform administrator-only actions, including creating a new administrator account, by tricking a logged-in administrator into visiting a crafted page.

Affected

MCP Server for WordPress

CVSS v3.1 CNA

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 3rd percentile

Published

2026-09-26

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d8e97a77-b70f-41f0-8d1e-0d50b6d878c6/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry