#VU110027 Cross-site request forgery in Simple Page Access Restriction - CVE-2025-5142
Published: June 2, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110027
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5142
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Simple Page Access Restriction
Simple Page Access Restriction
Software vendor:
PluginsandSnippets.com
PluginsandSnippets.com
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the settings save handler in the settings.php script. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-page-access-restriction/tags/1.0.31/includes/admin/settings/settings.php#L16
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3300680/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-page-access-restriction/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/657e2a4d-7e10-495d-8352-1adc0cb89e83?source=cve