Vulnerability · Published May 30, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-5142Simple Page Access Restriction <= 1.0.31 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Multiple Parameters
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Simple Page Access Restriction from pluginsandsnippets. 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 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Simple Page Access Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.31. This is due to missing nonce validation and capability checks in the settings save handler in the settings.php script. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to (1) enable or disable access protection on all post types or taxonomies, (2) force every new page/post to be public or private, regardless of meta-box settings, (3) cause a silent wipe of all plugin data when it’s later removed, or (4) to conduct URL redirection attacks 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pluginsandsnippets | Simple Page Access Restriction | 0 – through 1.0.31 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/657e2a4d-7e10-495d-8352-1adc0cb89e83?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-page-access-restriction/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-page-access-restriction/tags/1.0.31/includes/admin/settings/settings.php#L16
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3300680/