CVE-2026-8939 PUBLISHED

Search Simple Fields <= 0.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 19.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

The Search Simple Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 0.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the search_simple_fields_options() function in functions_admin.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings — including post types to search in, custom fields, media fields and the custom media function name — via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor simonailie
Product Search Simple Fields
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.2 (incl.)

Credits

  • Muhammad Afnaan finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CWE