Unauthorized actions via forged administrator requests
Published Jun 6, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Vuong Nguyen WP Security Master 1.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected administrative action or the request-validation operation that accepts forged input. Exploitation requires an administrator with an active WordPress session to interact with attacker-controlled content; the resulting integrity impact is limited to the undisclosed action.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Vuong Nguyen WP Security Master 1.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions. Patchstack has not disclosed the affected administrative action or the request-validation operation that accepts forged input. Exploitation requires an administrator with an active WordPress session to interact with attacker-controlled content; the resulting integrity impact is limited to the undisclosed action.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-49440
- Published
- Jun 6, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Vuong Nguyen
- Product
- WP Security Master
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-62, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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