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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-9881
CVE-2025-9881:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Ultimate Blogroll plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-9881, affecting all versions up to and including 2.5.2. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on September 12, 2025 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function within the plugin. This security flaw has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.1 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via forged requests. The impact is considered moderate with low confidentiality and integrity impacts, while availability remains unaffected (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The plugin has been temporarily closed as of September 10, 2025, pending a full security review (WordPress). Users are advised to disable and remove the plugin until a security patch is available.
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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