Unauthorized administrator action via missing nonce validation
Published Apr 24, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Trân Minh-Quân WPVN 0.7.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to force an administrator action. The affected function omits or incorrectly performs WordPress nonce validation before processing a state-changing request; its name and action are undisclosed. Exploitation requires an authenticated administrator to follow a malicious link or submit a crafted form, and the resulting unauthorized change is not publicly specified.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Trân Minh-Quân WPVN 0.7.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to force an administrator action. The affected function omits or incorrectly performs WordPress nonce validation before processing a state-changing request; its name and action are undisclosed. Exploitation requires an authenticated administrator to follow a malicious link or submit a crafted form, and the resulting unauthorized change is not publicly specified.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-46462
- Published
- Apr 24, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Trân Minh-Quân
- Product
- WPVN – Username Changer
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-62, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=0.7.8
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