CVE-2026-24574

Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF — Static Site Export <= 6.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2026-05-25 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 6.0.1
Affected Plugin: Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF — Static Site Export
Affected Version: <= 6.0.0
CVSS: 4.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE: CVE-2026-24574

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At a glance

CVE-2026-24574 is a medium-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 6.0.0. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 6.0.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2026, reported by Nabil Irawan.

Vulnerability Overview

The Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF — Static Site Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 6.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action 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)

Reaching this weakness in Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF <= 6.0.0 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. For Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF the fix is 6.0.1: builds <= 6.0.0 are affected, anything from 6.0.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 6.0.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF 6.0.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24574 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2abb66a3-67b9-48cb-acf1-18ee76eb3f70 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24574

Related records

Same weakness class

4.3CVE-2023-31077: Export WP Page to Static HTML/CSS <= 2.1.9 CSRFCVE-2023-31077

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CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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