EmergencyWP – Dead Man's switch & legacy deliverance: Cross-site request forgery
EmergencyWP – Dead Man's switch & legacy deliverance is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request. The published affected range is <= 1.4.2.
- Component
- EmergencyWP – Dead Man's switch & legacy deliverance
- Plugin slug
emergencywp- Affected
- <= 1.4.2
- Safe version
> 1.4.2- Published
- Jun 03, 2026
This CVE was published Jun 03, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update EmergencyWP – Dead Man's switch & legacy deliverance to a release after 1.4.2, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N