CVE-2026-7249 Missing authorization in Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, AQI, Temperature and Weather Widget
Authenticated contributors can modify weather block settings and purge cache due to missing capability checks in the Location Weather plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-7249?
CVE-2026-7249 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in shapedplugin Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, AQI, Temperature and Weather Widget, published on 22 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7249?
How do I fix CVE-2026-7249?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-7249 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-7249 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7249 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hx3j-p7vv-7jq2.