CVE-2025-2935 Cross-site request forgery in Stop Spammers Classic
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into deleting comments or unblocking users via forged requests in the Anti-Spam WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-2935?
CVE-2025-2935 is a medium-severity vulnerability in webguyio Stop Spammers Classic, published on 6 Jun 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 Anti-Spam: Spam Protection | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2024.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'ss_option_maint.php' and 'ss_user_filter_list' files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete pending comments, and re-enable a previously blocked user 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-2025-2935?
How do I fix CVE-2025-2935?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2935 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-2935 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2935 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5jmf-8rjr-p73x.