CVE-2025-9635
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-11
Last updated on: 2025-09-11
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | analytics_reduce_bounce_rate | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-352 | The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor. |
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How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to change your Google Analytics tracking settings without your consent if they can trick a site administrator into clicking a malicious link. This could lead to inaccurate analytics data, potentially affecting your ability to monitor website performance and user behavior correctly.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
To mitigate this vulnerability, update the Analytics Reduce Bounce Rate plugin to a version later than 2.3 where the nonce validation issue is fixed. Additionally, avoid clicking on suspicious links and ensure that site administrators are aware of the risk of Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the Analytics Reduce Bounce Rate plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.3. It occurs because the plugin does not properly validate nonces in the unbounce_options function, allowing an attacker to trick a site administrator into performing unintended actions, such as modifying Google Analytics tracking settings via a forged request.