CVE-2025-9617
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 5.3 Medium
- Status
- Deferred - security@wordfence.com
- Published
- 2025-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-04-08
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
Affected products
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publish-approval/trunk/src/actions/HandleOptionsSave.php#L6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e34ac4aa-65c5-43d7-9b77-d4c6068722f1?source=cve
