CVE-2025-9213
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The TextBuilder plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-9213, affecting versions 1.0.0 to 1.1.1. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence on October 3, 2025. The issue stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'handleToken' function (NVD CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The weakness is categorized as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). The technical issue revolves around improper implementation of security controls in the handleToken function, specifically the absence of proper nonce validation (NVD CVE).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update a user's authorization token through a forged request. Once the token is compromised, attackers can modify the user's password and email address, potentially leading to complete account takeover (NVD CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released and is tracked in the WordPress plugin repository. Users are advised to update their TextBuilder plugin to a version newer than 1.1.1 to address this vulnerability (WordPress Changeset).

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