CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-9618

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Related Posts Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 1.12. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the settings update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could modify plugin settings without the administrator's knowledge, potentially leading to unwanted site configuration changes. This requires administrator interaction (e.g., clicking a link).

Recommendation

Update the Related Posts Lite plugin to a version later than 1.12 or remove it if unused. Warn administrators about the risk of clicking unknown links.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Related Posts Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.12. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the settings update functionality. 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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS