The WP Status Notifier plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the settings update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Description The WP Status Notifier plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the settings update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title WP Status Notifier <= 1.0 - 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: 2026-01-07T16:12:04.672Z

Reserved: 2025-11-21T19:14:28.787Z

Link: CVE-2025-13521

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-07T14:46:42.465Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-07T12:16:48.770

Modified: 2026-01-07T12:16:48.770

Link: CVE-2025-13521

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-08T09:49:32Z

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