CSRF in Planetshaker Emergencywp – Dead Man's Switch & Legacy Deliverance
CVE-2026-9732
The EmergencyWP – Dead Man's switch & legacy deliverance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the form_settings_ui (settings save handler, procedural include scope) function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings including the minimum access role (altering WordPress role capabilities via add_cap/remove_cap), the data-erasure-on-uninstall flag, life-check timing values, the mandator email address, the confirmation page ID, and date/time formats 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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (7.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 7.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6013f592-4cff-4b94-968d-6f66e…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emergencywp/tags/1.4.2/pages/emergencywp/set…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emergencywp/tags/1.4.2/pages/emergencywp/set…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emergencywp/tags/1.4.2/pages/emergencywp/set…
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-9732?
- CVE-2026-9732 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Planetshaker Emergencywp – Dead Man's Switch & Legacy Deliverance, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-06-03.
- How severe is CVE-2026-9732?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.