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.
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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:

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

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

Link: CVE-2025-9617

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2025-9617

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