CVE-2016-20083 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-20083

WordPress More Fields Plugin 2.1 Cross-Site Request Forgery

Vulnerability Description

WordPress More Fields Plugin 2.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by disabling CSRF token validation. Attackers can craft malicious web pages that trick logged-in administrators into adding or deleting custom fields and boxes on the Write/Edit page via POST and GET requests to the options-general.php endpoint.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Aatif Shahdad

Affected Vendor

henrikmelin

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Affected Software

More Fields
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1

Timeline

Official Publish: June 15th, 2026
Last Modified: June 15th, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)