The Remove meta boxes per user role plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.01. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify or reset the plugin's per-role meta box visibility settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE-2026-8422
Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-02. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.3
- EG Score
- 4.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 19(Track)EG Risk 19/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 2, 2026
Last Modified
July 22, 2026
References (7)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/admin_pages/settings.php#L23
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/admin_pages/settings.php#L26
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/tags/1.01/remove-meta-boxes-per-role.php#L52
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/admin_pages/settings.php#L23
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/admin_pages/settings.php#L26
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-meta-boxes-per-user-role/trunk/remove-meta-boxes-per-role.php#L52
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e456b08d-ccb9-40b8-9c36-d4b2f7f7fb91?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8422(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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