The Guardian News Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.

Code

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• Plugin source · wordpress.org

Timeline

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1. Mar 7, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   The Guardian News Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the settings update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings, including the Guardian API key, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into per

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   The Guardian News Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the settings update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings, including the Guardian API key, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into per

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-1087

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-1087

  The Guardian News Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the settings update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plug

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Reference · plugins.trac.wordpress.org
• Reference · plugins.trac.wordpress.org
• Reference · wordfence.com