WP-Walla <= 0.5.3.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · 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 WP-Walla plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 0.5.3.5. This is due to missing nonce verification on the settings page and insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages via a forged request granted they can trick an 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-2025-12589
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wvxf-vcmr-m2gp
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5ed9f7a1-54ef-4f88-b89c-756b8b646254?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-walla/tags/0.5.3.5/wpwalla_admin.php#L2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-walla/tags/0.5.3.5/wpwalla_admin.php#L83
- https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/security/nonces/
- https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_attr/
Sources
- CVE-2025-12589 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12589 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wvxf-vcmr-m2gp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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