CVE-2025-6247 Cross-site request forgery in WordPress Automatic Plugin
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into triggering CSRF to inject malicious scripts, leading to stored XSS and potential site compromise.
- 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-2025-6247?
CVE-2025-6247 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ValvePress WordPress Automatic Plugin, published on 26 Aug 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 WordPress Automatic Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.118.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on one of its functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update campaigns and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-80
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6247?
How do I fix CVE-2025-6247?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6247 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-6247 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6247 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wj4r-j458-wpf8.