Vulnerability in Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2026-11872)
Summary
Vulnerability in Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2026-11872). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not perform a nonce or capability check in an AJAX action that updates navigation menu item metadata, allowing any authenticated user, including Subscribers, to overwrite menu item content and settings that are rendered in the site's public navigation.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-11872 has been found in Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer (WordPress plugin).
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer (WordPress plugin) CVE-2026-11872" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-11872 (Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer (WordPress plugin)) — CWE-284 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-284) exists in Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer (WordPress plugin).
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer (WordPress plugin).
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Clever Mega Menu for Visual Composer (WordPress plugin) を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web wpscan.com
- web github.com
- web contact@wpscan.com