PT-2026-23838 · WordPress · The Guardian News Feed

Published 2026-03-07 · Updated 2026-03-07 · CVE-2026-1087

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 The Guardian News Feed plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.2

Description The plugin is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to a lack of nonce validation when updating settings. This allows attackers to modify the plugin’s settings, including the Guardian API key, by deceiving a site administrator into performing an action. The attack requires the attacker to trick an administrator into clicking a malicious link.

Recommendations Update The Guardian News Feed plugin to a version newer than 1.2.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-1087

Affected Products

The Guardian News Feed

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1087 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/46710 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2030250203211563037 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2030339323699290264 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9065f61-d899-44a3-a43a-3eeeeedaa6f1?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-guardian-news-feed/trunk/gu-open-platform-settings.php#L72 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-guardian-news-feed/tags/1.2/gu-open-platform-settings.php#L72 · Note