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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-9896
CVE-2025-9896:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The HidePost plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-9896, affecting all versions up to and including 2.3.8. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on September 26, 2025, and was published to the CVE List on September 27, 2025 (NVD, Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on the options.php settings page. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 4.3 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The weakness is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings through forged requests, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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