Keybase.io Verification <= 1.4.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2026-1072
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published February 17, 2026
Last Updated February 18, 2026
Researcher afnaan
Description

The Keybase.io Verification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This is due to missing nonce validation when updating plugin settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the Keybase verification text via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-keybase-verification (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.5
Patched Version
  • 1.4.6
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