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Vulnerability · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-12188Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings - Free by WP Masters <= 1.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters from wpmasterscom. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'wpm_navigation_links_settings' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
wpmasterscom Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters 0 – through 1.0.1

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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