CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-11497

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Advanced Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the aDBc_prepare_elements_to_clean() function.

Risk Assessment

An unauthenticated attacker can alter the keep last setting via a forged request if they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link, potentially leading to unwanted configuration changes.

Recommendation

Update the Advanced Database Cleaner plugin to a version later than 3.1.6 if available, or implement mitigations such as additional nonce verification.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Advanced Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the aDBc_prepare_elements_to_clean() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter the keep last setting via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2025-64357 is a duplicate of this issue.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS