PT-2026-6011 · WordPress · Webpurify Profanity Filter

Bhumividh Treloges + 1 · Published 2026-02-04 · Updated 2026-02-04 · CVE-2026-0572

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WebPurify Profanity Filter versions up to and including 4.0.2

Description The WebPurify Profanity Filter plugin for WordPress has a flaw that allows unauthorized modification of data. This is due to a missing capability check on the webpurify save options function. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this to change plugin settings.

Recommendations Update WebPurify Profanity Filter to a version later than 4.0.2.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-0572

Affected Products

Webpurify Profanity Filter

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0572 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9283f6ea-8bc4-4fdd-a0b9-05de127f34e4?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webpurifytextreplace/trunk/webpurifytextreplace-options.php?rev=2343695#L92 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/43705 · Telegram Post