ContentMX Content Publisher <= 1.0.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9889
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m8mj-3gxv-g87v
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5dd354f-080f-4be9-837e-eed48037f140?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contentmx-content-publisher/tags/1.0.6/inc/admin.php#L7
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contentmx-content-publisher/tags/1.0.7/inc/admin.php#L7
More ContentMX vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-22718 WordPress ContentMX Content Publisher plugin <= 1.0.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-9889 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-9889 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m8mj-3gxv-g87v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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