PT-2026-20272 · WordPress · Keybase.Io Verification

Muhammad Afnaan · Published 2026-02-18 · Updated 2026-02-18 · CVE-2026-1072

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Keybase.io Verification plugin for WordPress versions through 1.4.5

Description The software is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) due to the absence of nonce validation when updating plugin settings. This allows unauthenticated attackers to modify the Keybase verification text by forging a request, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing an action, such as clicking a link.

Recommendations Update the Keybase.io Verification plugin for WordPress to a version later than 1.4.5.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-1072

Affected Products

Keybase.Io Verification

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1072 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-keybase-verification/tags/1.4.5/admin/code/write.php#L51 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-keybase-verification/trunk/admin/code/write.php#L51 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4bbf55eb-7738-4c52-ac9d-a67d159e56cf?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2024064336646266965 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2024011997063573531 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/152282 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3455171%40wp-keybase-verification&new=3455171%40wp-keybase-verification&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note