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CVE-2025-11497:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Advanced Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (CVE-2025-11497) affecting all versions up to and including 3.1.6. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by researcher Bao from BlueRock, and was publicly disclosed on October 24, 2025 (NVD, Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the aDBc_prepare_elements_to_clean() function. The CVSS v3.1 score is 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 weakness is classified as CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to alter the 'keep last' setting in the plugin via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.1.7 of the Advanced Database Cleaner plugin, released on October 22, 2025. The update enhances security by adding the missing nonce validation (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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