Medium severity · published May 22, 2026
CVE-2026-7249
Location Weather <= 3.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Block Settings Modification and Cache Purging
4.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Location Weather plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks on the `splw_update_block_options()` and `lwp_clean_weather_transients()` functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to disable all weather blocks and purge all weather cache transients. The nonce required for these actions is exposed to all authenticated users via `wp_localize_script()` on the `init` hook.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 16% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LW
Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, AQI, Temperature and Weather Widget · shapedplugin
through 3.0.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
LW
Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, AQI, Temperature and Weather Widget
shapedplugin
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7249
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7249
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/location-weather/tags/3.0.2/includes/Admin/AdminDashboard/Splw_Blocks_Page_Wrapper.php#L256
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/location-weather/tags/3.0.2/includes/Admin/AdminDashboard/Splw_Blocks_Page_Wrapper.php#L331
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/location-weather/tags/3.0.3/includes/Admin/AdminDashboard/Splw_Blocks_Page_Wrapper.php#L256
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/location-weather/tags/3.0.3/includes/Admin/AdminDashboard/Splw_Blocks_Page_Wrapper.php#L332
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/location-weather/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d472011d-1623-4791-9d56-715d90fe0469?source=cve
