CVE-2025-5142

MEDIUM EPSS 9.1%
Published May 30, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 30, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The Simple Page Access Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.31. This is due to missing nonce validation and capability checks in the settings save handler in the settings.php script. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to (1) enable or disable access protection on all post types or taxonomies, (2) force every new page/post to be public or private, regardless of meta-box settings, (3) cause a silent wipe of all plugin data when it’s later removed, or (4) to conduct URL redirection attacks via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity High
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
9.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Authentication

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
pluginsandsnippetssimple_page_access_restriction* <1.0.32

References 4

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-page-access-restriction/tags/1.0.31/includes/admin/settings/settings.php#L16
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3300680/
    Patch
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-page-access-restriction/#developers
    ProductRelease Notes
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/657e2a4d-7e10-495d-8352-1adc0cb89e83?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation