๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2025-9617

MEDIUM 5.3

Publish approval <= 1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-352
Vendor evidentlycube
Product publish approval
Published Sep 11, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

evidentlycube / Publish approval
0 โ‰ค 1.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e34ac4aa-65c5-43d7-9b77-d4c6068722f1?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publish-approval/trunk/src/actions/HandleOptionsSave.php#L6

Credits

Sandeep