CVE-2025-5932
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Homerunner plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 1.0.29. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on June 25, 2025, and is tracked as CVE-2025-5932. The issue affects the main_settings() function in the plugin's settings class (NVD, Wiz).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the main_settings() function of the plugin's settings class. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base 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, indicating that it can be exploited remotely and requires user interaction but no authentication (NVD, Wiz).

Impact

If successfully exploited, the vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings through forged requests, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions such as clicking on a malicious link. The impact is limited to the plugin's configuration settings but could potentially affect the plugin's functionality and security settings (Wiz).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update to a version newer than 1.0.29 once available. Until then, administrators should exercise caution when clicking links while logged into WordPress admin panels and avoid visiting untrusted websites while maintaining an active WordPress admin session (Wiz).

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