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CVE-2025-9617

Published: Sep 11, 2025

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

evidentlycube

Publish approval

affected
0 - <= 1.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

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