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CVE-2025-10302:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Ultimate Viral Quiz plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-10302, affecting all versions up to and including 1.0. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly disclosed on October 2, 2025, with the last update on October 3, 2025 (NVD, Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the save_options() function. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings through forged requests. The impact is limited to integrity (I:L), with no direct effect on confidentiality (C:N) or availability (A:N) of the system (Wordfence).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability affects all versions of the Ultimate Viral Quiz plugin up to and including version 1.0. Users should implement proper CSRF protection mechanisms and ensure nonce validation is correctly implemented in the save_options() function (Wordfence).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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