CVE-2025-30816 Cross-site request forgery in publish post email notification

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

An attacker can trick a logged-in administrator into changing plugin settings via a CSRF attack in the WordPress publish post email notification 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-2025-30816?

CVE-2025-30816 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nks publish post email notification, published on 27 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

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Nks publish post email notification publish-post-email-notification allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects publish post email notification: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.3.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30816?

How do I fix CVE-2025-30816?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30816 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-30816 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30816 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7hjv-369x-3cwv.

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