CVE-2026-1916
WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration <= 3.8.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Creation and Deletion via Forged Base64 Token
The WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to missing capability checks and an insecure authentication mechanism on the wpgsi_callBackFuncAccept and wpgsi_callBackFuncUpdate REST API functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3. Both REST endpoints use permission_callback => '__return_true', allowing unauthenticated access. The plugin's custom token-based validation relies on a Base64-encoded JSON object containing the user ID and email address, but is not cryptographically signed. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to forge tokens using publicly enumerable information (admin user ID and email) to create, modify, and delete arbitrary WordPress posts and pages, granted they know the administrator's email address and an active integration ID with remote updates enabled.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.5
WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration <= 3.8.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Creation and Deletion via Forged Base64 Token
The WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to missing capability checks and an insecure authentication mechanism on the wpgsi_callBackFuncAccept and wpgsi_callBackFuncUpdate REST API functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3. Both REST endpoints use permission_callback => '__return_true', allowing unauthenticated access. The plugin's custom token-based validation relies on a Base64-encoded JSON object containing the user ID and email address, but is not cryptographically signed. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to forge tokens using publicly enumerable information (admin user ID and email) to create, modify, and delete arbitrary WordPress posts and pages, granted they know the administrator's email address and an active integration ID with remote updates enabled.
- Record
CVE-2026-1916- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-8630
7.5
The WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to missing capability checks and an insecure authentication mechanism on the wpgsi_callBackFuncAccept and wpgsi_callBackFuncUpdate REST API functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3. Both REST endpoints use permission_callback => '__return_true', allowing unauthenticated access. The plugin's custom token-based validation relies on a Base64-encoded JSON object containing the user ID and email address, but is not cryptographically signed. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to forge tokens using publicly enumerable information (admin user ID and email) to create, modify, and delete arbitrary WordPress posts and pages, granted they know the administrator's email address and an active integration ID with remote updates enabled.
- Record
EUVD-2026-8630- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v72r-wpp2-8369
7.5
The WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized...
The WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to missing capability checks and an insecure authentication mechanism on the wpgsi_callBackFuncAccept and wpgsi_callBackFuncUpdate REST API functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3. Both REST endpoints use permission_callback => '__return_true', allowing unauthenticated access. The plugin's custom token-based validation relies on a Base64-encoded JSON object containing the user ID and email address, but is not cryptographically signed. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to forge tokens using publicly enumerable information (admin user ID and email) to create, modify, and delete arbitrary WordPress posts and pages, granted they know the administrator's email address and an active integration ID with remote updates enabled.
- Record
GHSA-v72r-wpp2-8369- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.5
The WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to missing capability checks and an insecure authentication mechanism on the wpgsi_callBackFuncAccept and wpgsi_callBackFuncUpdate REST API functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3. Both REST endpoints use permission_callback => '__return_true', allowing unauthenticated access. The plugin's custom token-based validation relies on a Base64-encoded JSON object containing the user ID and email address, but is not cryptographically signed. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to forge tokens using publicly enumerable information (admin user ID and email) to create, modify, and delete arbitrary WordPress posts and pages, granted they know the administrator's email address and an active integration ID with remote updates enabled.
- Record
CVE-2026-1916- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-1916 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Javmah Wpgsi: Spreadsheet Integration, published February 25, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7598b38b-26b1-4640-9bd7-60613a5f704d?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgsi/tags/3.8.3/admin/class-wpgsi-update.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgsi/trunk/admin/class-wpgsi-update.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3461326/wpgsi/trunk/admin/class-wpgsi-update.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1916
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v72r-wpp2-8369