Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Linux Promotional Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-7668

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Vendor
CVE Published:
16 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-7668?

The Linux Promotional Plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'linux-promotional-plugin.php' page. This weakness enables malicious actors to update plugin settings and inject harmful web scripts through forged requests. Attackers can potentially trick site administrators into executing these requests, highlighting the importance of ensuring proper nonce validation to secure WordPress installations.

Affected Version(s)

Linux Promotional Plugin * <= 1.4

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

JohSka
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CVE-2025-7668 : Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Linux Promotional Plugin for WordPress