CVE-2025-9213 TextBuilder 1.0.0 - 1.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
Attackers can hijack administrator accounts via CSRF in TextBuilder plugin, leading to privilege escalation and full 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-2025-9213?
CVE-2025-9213 is a high-severity vulnerability in TextBuilder, published on 3 Oct 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 TextBuilder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 1.0.0 to 1.1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'handleToken' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update a user's authorization token via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Once the token is updated, an attacker can update the user's password and email address.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9213?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9213?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-9213 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9213 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2r5j-9hcp-6369.