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CVE-2025-7835:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The iThoughts Advanced Code Editor plugin for WordPress has been identified with a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability (CVE-2025-7835), affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.10. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on July 23, 2025, by researcher Nabil Irawan (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'ithoughtsaceupdate_options' AJAX action. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings through forged requests, provided they can successfully trick a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The plugin has been temporarily closed as of July 22, 2025, pending a full security review. It is currently not available for download from the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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