CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-9889

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

The ContentMX Content Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the cmx_activate_connection function. Unauthenticated attackers can bind their own ContentMX connection via a forged request if they trick a site administrator into clicking a link.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can hijack the ContentMX connection on a WordPress site, potentially leading to unauthorized access to content or data. Organizations using this plugin are exposed to configuration manipulation without the administrator's knowledge.

Recommendation

Update the ContentMX Content Publisher plugin to a version later than 1.0.6 if available, or consider removing it. Additionally, implement CSRF protections such as nonce tokens and educate administrators about the risks of clicking unknown links.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The ContentMX Content Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the cmx_activate_connection function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bind their own ContentMX connection 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