Vulnerability · Published Sep 10, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-9622WP Blast | SEO & Performance Booster <= 1.8.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cache Clearing
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in WP Blast | SEO & Performance Booster from wpblast. 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 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Blast | SEO & Performance Booster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on multiple administrative actions in the Settings class. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger cache purging, sitemap clearing, plugin data purging, and score resetting operations via forged requests granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpblast | WP Blast | SEO & Performance Booster | 0 – through 1.8.6 |
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/b8954061-cb8f-49fc-84d9-50851f7f48a2?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpblast/tags/1.8.6/src/Smartfire/Wordpress/WPBlast/Settings.php#L914
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpblast/tags/1.8.6/src/Smartfire/Wordpress/WPBlast/Settings.php#L906
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpblast/tags/1.8.6/src/Smartfire/Wordpress/WPBlast/Settings.php#L922
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpblast/tags/1.8.6/src/Smartfire/Wordpress/WPBlast/Settings.php#L930
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3357450%40wpblast&new=3357450%40wpblast&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=