What is CVE-2026-1087?

CVE-2026-1087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openplatform The Guardian News Feed, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-1087?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Openplatform The Guardian News Feed

CVE-2026-1087

The Guardian News Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the settings update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings, including the Guardian API key, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.001 (2.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Openplatform The Guardian News Feed — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1087?: CVE-2026-1087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openplatform The Guardian News Feed, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-1087?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.