CVE-2026-12158
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Cross-Site Request Forgery in RegistrationMagic WordPress Plugin

Publication date: 2026-07-01

Last updated on: 2026-07-01

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The RegistrationMagic – User Registration Forms Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.9.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_request function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate the privileges of an arbitrary form submitter to administrator by creating a malicious Chronos automation task that is executed via WordPress cron 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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Published
2026-07-01
Last Modified
2026-07-01
Generated
2026-07-01
AI Q&A
2026-07-01
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-12158
EUVD
EUVD-2026-40924

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Vendor Product Version / Range
registrationmagic user_registration_forms_plugin to 6.0.9.1 (inc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-352 The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

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Executive Summary

The vulnerability exists in the RegistrationMagic – User Registration Forms Plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 6.0.9.1. It is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue caused by missing or incorrect nonce validation in the process_request function.

This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to escalate the privileges of an arbitrary form submitter to administrator by creating a malicious Chronos automation task. This task is executed via WordPress cron through a forged request, provided the attacker can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can have severe impacts as it allows attackers to escalate privileges to administrator level without authentication.

An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can gain full administrative control over the affected WordPress site, potentially leading to unauthorized changes, data theft, or site compromise.

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