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Apr 25, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-1087
Home page URL: Security reports for The Guardian News Feed
Application: The Guardian News Feed
Date: Mar 07, 2026
Research Description: 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 performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected versions: max 1.2.
Status: vulnerable