Bigfishgames Syndicate <= 1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Reset and Update
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- Bigfishgames Syndicate
- Affected Version
<= 1.2- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- CVE
CVE-2026-6452
At a glance
CVE-2026-6452 is a medium-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Bigfishgames Syndicate WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed May 2026, reported by Muhammad Nur Ibnu Hubab.
Vulnerability Overview
The Bigfishgames Syndicate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bigfishgames_syndicate_submenu() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset plugin settings and update them via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site.
CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Bigfishgames Syndicate <= 1.2 carries this weakness at bigfishgames_syndicate_submenu(), and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Cross-site request forgery abuses the fact that browsers attach a victim's cookies to any request, so a state-changing action that only checks who you are, not whether you meant to act, can be triggered from another site.
An attacker who gets a logged-in user to load a crafted page can perform that action as them, with the impact scaling to whatever the victim's role is allowed to do. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for Bigfishgames Syndicate yet, so installs running <= 1.2 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.
Remediation
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Bigfishgames Syndicate: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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