Description
The Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'wpm_navigation_links_settings' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Published: 2025-11-04
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to unauthorized settings changes
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters plugin for WordPress is affected by a Cross‑Site Request Forgery vulnerability. The flaw stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'wpm_navigation_links_settings' page, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge requests that update plugin settings when an administrator follows a crafted link. This can result in unauthorized configuration changes, potentially altering navigation behaviour or exposing other weaknesses if the plugin interacts with sensitive data.

Affected Systems

WordPress sites running the Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters plugin version 1.0.1 or earlier are impacted. The plugin is distributed under the WP Masters brand and is installed via the WordPress plugin repository.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.3 indicates a moderate severity. The EPSS score of less than 1% reflects a very low probability of exploitation in the wild, and the vulnerability is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Attackers would need to persuade an authenticated administrator to click a malicious link; the vulnerability is not exploitable by remote code execution or arbitrary data disclosure.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 22, 2026 at 16:44 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters plugin to the latest version that removes the nonce validation flaw.
  • If an immediate update is not feasible, temporarily disable the settings modification functionality or restrict administrator access using a role‑based access control plugin.
  • Apply a Web Application Firewall rule to inspect and block HTTP requests that lack a valid nonce token for the 'wpm_navigation_links_settings' endpoint.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 22, 2026 at 16:44 UTC.

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History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpmasterscom
Wpmasterscom posts Navigation Links For Sections And Headings
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpmasterscom
Wpmasterscom posts Navigation Links For Sections And Headings

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'wpm_navigation_links_settings' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings - Free by WP Masters <= 1.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:33:33.004Z

Reserved: 2025-10-24T19:57:28.785Z

Link: CVE-2025-12188

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Updated: 2025-11-04T20:52:05.018Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-11-04T05:16:10.980

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-12188

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-22T16:45:21Z

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