PT-2026-45709 · WordPress · Remove Meta Boxes Per User Role

Muhammad Nur Ibnu Hubab · CVE-2026-8422 · Published 2026-06-02 · Updated 2026-06-11

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 Remove meta boxes per user role versions prior to 1.02

Description The plugin is subject to Cross-Site Request Forgery, a flaw where an attacker tricks a victim into executing an unwanted action. This occurs due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role' page. Unauthenticated attackers can modify or reset the per-role meta box visibility settings by inducing a site administrator to click a malicious link.

Recommendations Update to a version later than 1.01.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-8422

Affected Products

Remove Meta Boxes Per User Role

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8422 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/admin_pages/settings.php#L23 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e456b08d-ccb9-40b8-9c36-d4b2f7f7fb91?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/admin_pages/settings.php#L23 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/admin_pages/settings.php#L26 · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/StopBadBots/comments/1u38lfq/25_unpatched_wordpress_plugins_remove_them_today · Reddit Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/remove-meta-boxes-per-role.php#L52 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/55575 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/remove-meta-boxes-per-role.php#L52 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2061762153846063406 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/admin_pages/settings.php#L26 · Note