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. This security issue allows attackers to perform Cross Site Request Forgery attacks against users of the affected plugin (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L. The attack vector is Network-based, requires Low attack complexity, needs No privileges, but does require User interaction. The scope is Unchanged, with Low impact on both Integrity and Availability, and 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 software is considered abandoned as it was last updated over a year ago and will likely not receive further updates or fixes (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Since no official fix is available and the software is considered abandoned, the recommended mitigation is to remove and replace the software with an alternative solution. Note that merely deactivating the software does not remove the security threat unless a virtual patch is deployed (Patchstack).

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