CVE-2025-12901 (GCVE-0-2025-12901)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-12 04:29
Modified
2025-11-14 15:26
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Summary
The Asgaros Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the set_subscription_level() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the subscription settings of authenticated users via a forged request granted they can trick a logged-in user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
asgaros Asgaros Forum Version: *   ≤ 3.2.1
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