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CVE-2025-9617 Details

ANALYZED

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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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:4.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publish-approval/trunk/src/actions/HandleOptionsSave.php#L6	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e34ac4aa-65c5-43d7-9b77-d4c6068722f1?source=cve	[email protected]	AdvisoryRemedy

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-352	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Publish approval	All versions
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

3 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Sep 11, 2025	New CVE Received	[email protected]