Location Weather <= 3.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Block Settings Modification and Cache Purging
Published May 22, 2026
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
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.
Affected products
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<=3.0.2
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Shapedplugin | n/a | unaffected |
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Remediation
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References (6)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/location-weather/tags/3.0.2/includes/Admin/AdminDashboard/Splw_Blocks_Page_Wrapper.php#L256
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/location-weather/tags/3.0.2/includes/Admin/AdminDashboard/Splw_Blocks_Page_Wrapper.php#L331
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/location-weather/tags/3.0.3/includes/Admin/AdminDashboard/Splw_Blocks_Page_Wrapper.php#L256
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/location-weather/tags/3.0.3/includes/Admin/AdminDashboard/Splw_Blocks_Page_Wrapper.php#L332
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/location-weather/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d472011d-1623-4791-9d56-715d90fe0469?source=cve
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