Category deletion via missing CSRF nonce
Published May 15, 2025 · Updated May 16, 2025
Cross-site request forgery in WP-PManager 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to delete categories through a crafted admin link. The wp-pmanager-cats administration page processes an attacker-supplied category ID without a CSRF nonce check and deletes the selected category. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open the crafted URL, and the documented consequence is category deletion.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in WP-PManager 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to delete categories through a crafted admin link. The wp-pmanager-cats administration page processes an attacker-supplied category ID without a CSRF nonce check and deletes the selected category. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open the crafted URL, and the documented consequence is category deletion.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2247
- Published
- May 15, 2025
- Updated
- May 16, 2025
- Vendor
- mantus667
- Product
- WP-PManager
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.2
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Public exploit references
- WPScan crafted category-deletion link proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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