CVE-2025-15376 Stopwords for comments <= 1.1 - Missing Authorization to Cross-Site Request Forgery
Unauthenticated attackers can modify comment stopwords by tricking administrators into clicking a link due to missing nonce validation.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-15376?
CVE-2025-15376 is a medium-severity vulnerability in rndsand81 Stopwords for comments, published on 14 Jan 2026. 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 Stopwords for comments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the 'set_stopwords_for_comments' and 'delete_stopwords_for_comments' functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add or delete stopwords via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15376?
How do I fix CVE-2025-15376?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15376 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-15376 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15376 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9hx9-v7r8-39wm.