Executive Summary

CVE-2026-25422 is a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the WordPress Popularis Extra Plugin versions up to and including 1.2.10.

This vulnerability allows an attacker to trick higher privileged users into executing unwanted actions while authenticated, by means such as clicking a malicious link, visiting a crafted page, or submitting a form.

It requires user interaction and does not affect unauthenticated users directly.

It is classified under OWASP Top 10 A1: Broken Access Control.

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can impact you by allowing an attacker to perform unwanted actions on your WordPress site if a privileged user is tricked into interacting with malicious content.

Since it requires privileged user interaction, the attacker could potentially change settings or perform actions that the user is authorized to do.

However, the severity is considered low with a CVSS score of 5.4, and exploitation is unlikely due to the need for user interaction.

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Compliance Impact

I don't know

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Detection Guidance

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Mitigation Strategies

Since no official patch is currently available for this vulnerability, immediate mitigation steps focus on reducing risk exposure.

• Limit the number of users with high privileges who can be targeted by CSRF attacks.
• Educate privileged users to avoid clicking on suspicious links or visiting untrusted websites while authenticated to the WordPress site.
• Implement additional security measures such as web application firewalls (WAF) that can help detect and block CSRF attack patterns.
• Consider temporarily disabling or deactivating the Popularis Extra plugin until a patch is released.

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