Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-11497Advanced Database Cleaner <= 3.1.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Manipulation
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity improper input validation in Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance from symptote. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Advanced Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the aDBc_prepare_elements_to_clean() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter the keep last setting via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2025-64357 is a duplicate of this issue.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| symptote | Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance | 0 – through 3.1.6 |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N