# CVE-2025-9949: Internal Links Manager <= 3.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

> Attackers can trick administrators into deleting SEO links via forged requests due to missing nonce validation in the Internal Links Manager plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rm6m-5mw9-48mp

## What is CVE-2025-9949?

CVE-2025-9949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in webraketen Internal Links Manager, published on 20 Sep 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 Internal Links Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the link deletion functionality in the process_bulk_action() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete SEO links via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9949?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-9949?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9949 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9949 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9949 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in webraketen Internal Links Manager, published on 20 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: webraketen Internal Links Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9949/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9949/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9949
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9949
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9949

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9949/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.