Unauthorized actions via missing nonce validation
Published Apr 1, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Aphotrax Uptime Robot Plugin for WordPress 2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force unauthorized actions. An undisclosed plugin function fails to validate a WordPress nonce before processing a state-changing request. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open a crafted link or page; the specific unauthorized action is not publicly disclosed.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Aphotrax Uptime Robot Plugin for WordPress 2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force unauthorized actions. An undisclosed plugin function fails to validate a WordPress nonce before processing a state-changing request. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open a crafted link or page; the specific unauthorized action is not publicly disclosed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-31776
- Published
- Apr 1, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Aphotrax
- Product
- Uptime Robot Plugin for WordPress
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-62, T1566.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 1, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.3
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