---
id: CVE-2026-84023
title: >-
  The BEAR  WordPress plugin before 1.2.2 does not verify a CSRF nonce or check
  user capabilities before updating taxonomy terms, allowing an attacker to
  modify arbitrary terms by tricking a logged-in privileged user into visiting a
  crafte…
summary: >-
  The BEAR  WordPress plugin before 1.2.2 does not verify a CSRF nonce or check
  user capabilities before updating taxonomy terms, allowing an attacker to
  modify arbitrary terms by tricking a logged-in privileged user into visiting a
  crafte…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-352
product: BEAR
affected:
  - BEAR < 1.2.2
published: '2026-09-12'
updated: '2026-09-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-14T21:10:17.423'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84023'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7adbb52f-94e2-425e-9930-2ab856961b63/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00167
epssPercentile: 0.05298
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-12T15:21:10.224575Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-14T15:23:07.478Z'
---

## Overview

The BEAR  WordPress plugin before 1.2.2 does not verify a CSRF nonce or check user capabilities before updating taxonomy terms, allowing an attacker to modify arbitrary terms by tricking a logged-in privileged user into visiting a crafted page.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.