CVE-2025-5142 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting all versions up to 1.0.31 of the Simple Page Access Restriction plugin for WordPress, stemming from missing nonce validation and capability checks. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate plugin settings, such as enabling/disabling access protection, forcing page visibility, or initiating a silent data wipe, by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pluginsandsnippets:simple_page_access_restriction:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 1.0.31CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:pluginsandsnippets:simple_page_access_restriction:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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