The Publish approval plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the publish_save_option function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
History

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Evidentlycube
Evidentlycube publish Approval Plugin
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Evidentlycube
Evidentlycube publish Approval Plugin
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 11 Sep 2025 07:30:00 +0000

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Description The Publish approval plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the publish_save_option function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Publish approval <= 1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-09-11T07:25:00.969Z

Updated: 2025-09-11T14:37:30.951Z

Reserved: 2025-08-28T18:26:40.188Z

Link: CVE-2025-9617

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-11T13:34:12.824Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-11T08:15:37.020

Modified: 2025-09-11T17:14:10.147

Link: CVE-2025-9617

cve-icon Redhat

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