Vulnerability · Published Jan 24, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-14903Simple Crypto Shortcodes <= 1.0.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Simple Crypto Shortcodes from stefanristic. 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 7% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Simple Crypto Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the scs_backend function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin 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)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| stefanristic | Simple Crypto Shortcodes | 0 – through 1.0.2 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/18bcd2ad-1989-4e2b-b82e-fddc4201c5a6?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-crypto-shortcodes/tags/1.0.2/simple_crypto_shortcodes.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-crypto-shortcodes/tags/1.0.2/simple_crypto_shortcodes.php#L54