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CVE-2025-9949: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Internal Links Manager plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-9949, affecting all versions up to and including 3.0.1. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on September 19, 2025, with public disclosure following on September 20, 2025 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the link deletion functionality within the process_bulk_action() function. The severity is rated as MEDIUM with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N). The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD, Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to delete SEO links from the website through forged requests, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions such as clicking on a malicious link. This can potentially disrupt the site's SEO structure and internal link management (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.0.2 of the Internal Links Manager plugin. Site administrators are advised to update to this latest version to address the CSRF vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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