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CVE-2026-9730: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in jamesmuga Remove NoFollow Commenter URL

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-9730cvecve-2026-9730cwe-352
Published: 06/02/2026 (06/02/2026, 07:48:32 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: jamesmuga
Product: Remove NoFollow Commenter URL

Description

The Remove NoFollow Commenter URL WordPress plugin up to and including version 1.0 is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the gmz_comment_settings_save function. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to modify the plugin's comment-display settings if a site administrator is tricked into clicking a malicious link. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 4.3.

CVSS v3.1

Score 4.3medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected software

Affected versions
<=1.0

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 06/09/2026, 09:55:12 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-9730 describes a CSRF vulnerability in the Remove NoFollow Commenter URL plugin for WordPress. The issue arises from missing or incorrect nonce validation on the gmz_comment_settings_save function, which handles saving comment-display settings. Because of this, an attacker can craft a forged request that, when executed by an authenticated administrator (e.g., via clicking a link), modifies plugin settings without proper authorization. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.0 of the plugin. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently provided by the vendor or advisory sources.

Potential Impact

An attacker can cause an authenticated administrator to unknowingly change the plugin's comment-display settings via a forged request. This results in an integrity impact on the plugin's configuration but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There is no indication of exploitation in the wild.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, administrators should avoid clicking untrusted links while logged into WordPress with administrative privileges and consider disabling or removing the plugin if possible.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Wordfence
Date Reserved
2026-05-27T17:23:07.398Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a1e9564e29bf47b50adbf5f

Added to database: 06/02/2026, 08:33:40 UTC

Last enriched: 06/09/2026, 09:55:12 UTC

Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:23:00 UTC

Views: 55

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