The Set Bulk Post Categories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the bulk category update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify post categories in bulk via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Description The Set Bulk Post Categories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the bulk category update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify post categories in bulk via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Set Bulk Post Categories <= 1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Bulk Post Category Update
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-24T07:26:45.529Z

Reserved: 2026-01-16T20:36:19.873Z

Link: CVE-2026-1081

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-24T08:16:08.313

Modified: 2026-01-24T08:16:08.313

Link: CVE-2026-1081

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