The WebPurify Profanity Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'webpurify_save_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change plugin settings.
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Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Description The WebPurify Profanity Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'webpurify_save_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change plugin settings.
Title WebPurify Profanity Filter <= 4.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Change via webpurify_save_options
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-04T08:25:31.042Z

Reserved: 2026-01-02T14:38:38.219Z

Link: CVE-2026-0572

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-04T09:15:51.970

Modified: 2026-02-04T09:15:51.970

Link: CVE-2026-0572

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