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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-9623
CVE-2025-9623:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Admin in English with Switch plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-9623, affecting all versions up to and including 1.1. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on September 11, 2025, impacting WordPress installations using this plugin (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the enable_eng function of the plugin. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 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. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify administrator language settings through forged requests, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 1.1 when available. In the meantime, administrators should be cautious about clicking on unknown links and exercise general web security best practices (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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