CVE-2026-96524: Unknown Mcp Server For WordPress

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Unknown Mcp Server For WordPress: before 1.8.2 (fixed in 1.8.2)

Published 2026-09-26. Last modified 2026-09-28.