Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-96524 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96524 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-96524?
- Informational severity, published 26 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Automattic MCP Server for WordPress before 1.8.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96524?
- A patch was published on 2026-09-26: Version 1.8.2 released Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-96524 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-96524?
- Check whether you run Automattic MCP Server for WordPress at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The plugin does not correctly validate WordPress REST API nonces for cookie-authenticated requests when an attacker-controllable condition is present, resulting in a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can craft a malicious page that, when visited by a logged-in administrator, performs administrator-only actions such as creating new admin accounts. The vulnerability affects versions before 1.8.2 and is fixed in 1.8.2.
Affected products
- Automattic MCP Server for WordPress before 1.8.2
Timeline
- 2026-09-24: disclosed
- 2026-09-26: patched: Version 1.8.2 released