Vulnerability · Published Jul 24, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-7835iThoughts Advanced Code Editor <= 1.2.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in iThoughts Advanced Code Editor from gerkin. 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 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The iThoughts Advanced Code Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.10. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'ithoughts_ace_update_options' AJAX action. 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)

VendorProductVersions
gerkin iThoughts Advanced Code Editor 0 – through 1.2.10

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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