CVE-2026-1070

MEDIUM

4.3

Description

The Alex User Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to missing nonce validation on the alex_user_counter_function() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published1/24/2026

Last Modified1/26/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-counter/tags/6.0/user-counter.php#L41(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-counter/trunk/user-counter.php#L41(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a5ef5b3-2900-44f0-9e13-66fbdc937b38?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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