CVE-2025-7839
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Restore Permanently delete Post or Page Data plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-7839. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.0, discovered and disclosed on August 23, 2025. The issue resides in the WordPress plugin's functionality related to data deletion operations (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the rpdpodpaajaxdpdeletedata() function. The CVSS v3.1 score is 4.3 (Medium) with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity but requires user interaction (NVD, Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to delete data from the WordPress site by tricking site administrators into performing specific actions, such as clicking on malicious links. This can lead to unauthorized deletion of posts or pages within the WordPress installation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Site administrators should update the Restore Permanently delete Post or Page Data plugin to a version newer than 1.0 once available. In the meantime, administrators should be cautious when clicking on links, especially those from untrusted sources (NVD).

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