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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

  • 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.

  • 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.