# CVE-2025-1463: Spreadsheet Integration <= 3.8.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Publish

> Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into publishing arbitrary posts via CSRF in the Spreadsheet Integration plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7fhf-hw57-6v28

## What is CVE-2025-1463?

CVE-2025-1463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in javmah WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration, published on 5 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Spreadsheet Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.2. This is due to improper nonce validation within the class-wpgsi-show.php script. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to publish arbitrary posts, including private, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1463?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-1463?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1463 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1463 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1463 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1463 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in javmah WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration, published on 5 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1463 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: javmah WPGSI: Spreadsheet Integration. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1463/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1463/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1463
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1463
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1463

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1463/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.