The Remove NoFollow Commenter URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the gmz_comment_settings_save function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's comment-display setting via a forged request via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
jamesmuga Remove NoFollow Commenter URL unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 1.0

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References
Link Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-nofollow-commenter-link/tags/1.0/gmzxnofollow.php#L24 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-nofollow-commenter-link/tags/1.0/gmzxnofollow.php#L32 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-nofollow-commenter-link/tags/1.0/gmzxnofollow.php#L42 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c47e170f-f51e-400a-97f3-4da034c193a9?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Description The Remove NoFollow Commenter URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the gmz_comment_settings_save function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's comment-display setting via a forged request via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Remove NoFollow Commenter URL <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-02T10:44:49.494Z

Reserved: 2026-05-27T17:23:07.398Z

Link: CVE-2026-9730

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Updated: 2026-06-02T10:44:43.907Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-02T09:16:17.567

Modified: 2026-06-02T09:16:17.567

Link: CVE-2026-9730

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Updated: 2026-06-02T10:00:06Z

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