Description
The Notification Bar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'subscriber-list-empty.php' file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to empty the subscriber list via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Published: 2025-10-03
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized deletion of subscriber list
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The Notification Bar plugin for WordPress contains a CSRF vulnerability in the subscriber-list-empty.php file caused by missing or incorrect nonce validation. An attacker can trick a site administrator into clicking a forged link to trigger a request that empties the entire subscriber list. The impact is a non‑authentication‑based data modification that removes all stored subscriber contacts, potentially disrupting marketing or communication channels and erasing leads that the site owner has accumulated.

Affected Systems

Any WordPress site running the Notification Bar plugin version 2.2 or earlier, including all deployments of the umarbajwa:Notification Bar product. The vulnerability affects the plugin’s functionality that allows administrators to delete subscribers via a request to subscriber‑list‑empty.php.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.3 indicates moderate severity, while the EPSS score of <1% suggests a very low probability of exploitation. The issue is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Exploitation requires a social‑engineering vector to convince an administrator to send the forged request; no direct code‑execution or remote‑code features are present. The lack of nonce checking is the root weakness, categorized as CWE-352.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 20, 2026 at 19:22 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the Notification Bar plugin to the latest version or remove the plugin to eliminate the CSRF flaw.
  • Ensure that all plugin endpoints validated with proper WordPress nonce checks (e.g., wp_nonce_field and check_admin_referer) before processing state‑changing actions.
  • Educate site administrators to verify URLs before clicking and consider applying web application firewall rules to block unexpected state‑changing requests.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 20, 2026 at 19:22 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-32253 The Notification Bar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'subscriber-list-empty.php' file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to empty the subscriber list via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
History

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Notification Bar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'subscriber-list-empty.php' file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to empty the subscriber list via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Notification Bar <= 2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
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'}


Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:21:47.439Z

Reserved: 2025-09-02T23:14:02.640Z

Link: CVE-2025-9895

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-03T13:58:58.470Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-10-03T12:15:50.473

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

Link: CVE-2025-9895

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-20T19:30:06Z

Weaknesses