ARK Related Posts <= 2.19 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

2025-12-04 19:20

Muhammad Nur Ibnu Hubab

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.20

Affected PluginARK Related Posts

Affected Version<= 2.19

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2025-13684

Vulnerability Overview

The ARK Related Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 2.19. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ark_rp_options_page function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's configuration settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.20, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13684 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7eb53a80-89e5-4d8c-a1ba-c272196a3340

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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