CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-9621

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

The WidgetPack Comment System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 1.6.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wpcmt_sync action in the wpcmt_request_handler function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger comment synchronization via a forged request.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can trick a site administrator into clicking a link and thereby trigger unwanted comment synchronization operations. This may lead to data modification or unauthorized actions within the WordPress site.

Recommendation

Update the WidgetPack Comment System plugin to a version later than 1.6.1 or remove it if unused, and consider server-level CSRF protections.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The WidgetPack Comment System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wpcmt_sync action in the wpcmt_request_handler function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger comment synchronization events via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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