CVE-2025-12188
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Publication date: 2025-11-04

Last updated on: 2025-11-04

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'wpm_navigation_links_settings' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Published
2025-11-04
Last Modified
2025-11-04
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2026-06-16
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2025-11-04
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2025-12188
EUVD
EUVD-2025-37600
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Vendor Product Version / Range
wp_masters posts_navigation_links 1.0.1
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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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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the Posts Navigation Links for Sections and Headings – Free by WP Masters WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to 1.0.1. It occurs because the plugin's settings page ('wpm_navigation_links_settings') lacks proper nonce validation, allowing an attacker to trick a site administrator into performing unwanted actions, such as changing plugin settings, without their consent.

Impact Analysis

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to modify the plugin's settings by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link. Although it does not allow direct data theft or site takeover, unauthorized changes to plugin settings could disrupt site functionality or security configurations.

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