The Simple Page Access Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.31. This is due to missing nonce validation and capability checks in the settings save handler in the settings.php script. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to (1) enable or disable access protection on all post types or taxonomies, (2) force every new page/post to be public or private, regardless of meta-box settings, (3) cause a silent wipe of all plugin data when it’s later removed, or (4) to conduct URL redirection attacks via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
History

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Pluginsandsnippets
Pluginsandsnippets simple Page Access Restriction
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pluginsandsnippets:simple_page_access_restriction:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Pluginsandsnippets
Pluginsandsnippets simple Page Access Restriction

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The Simple Page Access Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.31. This is due to missing nonce validation and capability checks in the settings save handler in the settings.php script. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to (1) enable or disable access protection on all post types or taxonomies, (2) force every new page/post to be public or private, regardless of meta-box settings, (3) cause a silent wipe of all plugin data when it’s later removed, or (4) to conduct URL redirection attacks via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Simple Page Access Restriction <= 1.0.31 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Multiple Parameters
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-05-30T09:22:06.854Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T12:52:15.184Z

Reserved: 2025-05-23T21:35:47.581Z

Link: CVE-2025-5142

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-30T12:52:07.562Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-30T10:15:25.640

Modified: 2025-06-04T18:29:34.470

Link: CVE-2025-5142

cve-icon Redhat

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