CVE-2025-58975 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-58975: WordPress Advanced Settings Plugin <= 3.1.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability

Vendor Helmut Wandl

Product Advanced Settings

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published September 9, 2025

Last update April 28, 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 Helmut Wandl Advanced Settings advanced-settings allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Advanced Settings: from n/a through <= 3.1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Advanced Settings versions 3.1.1 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a site administrator, performs unauthorized actions within the plugin without the admin's knowledge. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while logged into the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions in the plugin by tricking a logged-in admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify plugin settings or perform other administrative actions if they trick your admin into clicking a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage; no special privileges or complex setup required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

September 9, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58975 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html

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