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 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
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Updated: 2026-02-04T08:25:31.042Z
Reserved: 2026-01-02T14:38:38.219Z
Link: CVE-2026-0572
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-02-04T09:15:51.970
Modified: 2026-02-04T09:15:51.970
Link: CVE-2026-0572
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