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CVE-2026-49043 WP Engine CVE debrief
CVE-2026-49043 is a MEDIUM severity Unauthenticated Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting WP Migrate Lite versions up to 2.7.8. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7. It was published on [cvePublishedAt](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49043) and last modified on [cveModifiedAt](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49043).
- Vendor
- WP Engine
- Product
- WP Migrate Lite
- CVSS
- MEDIUM 4.7
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in stored evidence
- Original CVE published
- 2026-06-15
- Original CVE updated
- 2026-06-15
- Advisory published
- 2026-06-15
- Advisory updated
- 2026-06-15
Who should care
Users of WP Migrate Lite plugin versions up to 2.7.8 should apply patches or mitigations to prevent exploitation.
Technical summary
The vulnerability is caused by a lack of proper validation and sanitization of requests, allowing an attacker to perform actions on behalf of a user without their consent. The [cvssVector](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49043) for this vulnerability is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Defensive priority
MEDIUM
Recommended defensive actions
- Apply patches or updates to WP Migrate Lite plugin to version 2.7.9 or later.
- Implement additional security measures such as validating and sanitizing user requests.
Evidence notes
Evidence for this CVE comes from [ref-4](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-migrate-db/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-migrate-lite-plugin-2-7-7-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve).
Sources and references
Verified primary and authoritative sources
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CVE-2026-49043 CVE Program record
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49043
CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.
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CVE-2026-49043 NVD vulnerability detail
Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified
URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49043
NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.
Methodology and review provenance
AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.