Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-53219

CVE-2025-53219:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in pl4g4 WP-Database-Optimizer-Tools WordPress plugin affecting versions through 0.2. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 14, 2025, and was assigned CVE-2025-53219 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It has a CVSS vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and low impact on integrity and availability with no impact on confidentiality (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact is considered low to medium severity, with potential effects on system integrity and availability (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

No official fix is available as the software appears to be abandoned, having not been updated for over a year. The recommended mitigation is to remove and replace the software with an alternative solution (Patchstack).