CVE-2025-58792 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-58792: WordPress Authors List plugin <= 2.0.6.2 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Wpkube

Product Authors List

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published September 5, 2025

Last update May 13, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WPKube Authors List authors-list allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Authors List: from n/a through <= 2.0.6.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Authors List versions 2.0.6.2 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the administrator's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or content if an admin visits a malicious link while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Site admin must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled page; no special privileges or direct site access required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

September 5, 2025 CVE published

May 13, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58792 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html

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