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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-6247
CVE-2025-6247:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WordPress Automatic Plugin for WordPress (versions up to 3.118.0) was identified with CVE-2025-6247 on August 26, 2025. This vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in one of its functions (NVD NIST).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.7 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The technical weakness has been categorized as CWE-80 (Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page), indicating a basic XSS vulnerability (NVD NIST, Wordfence Intel).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update campaigns and inject malicious web scripts through forged requests, provided they can deceive a site administrator into performing specific actions like clicking on a malicious link (NVD NIST).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update their WordPress Automatic Plugin to versions newer than 3.118.0 to address this vulnerability (NVD NIST).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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