CVE-2025-14168 (GCVE-0-2025-14168)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-20 03:20
Modified
2025-12-20 03:20
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Summary
The WP DB Booster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the cleanup_all AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete database records including post drafts, revisions, comments, and metadata via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpmaniax WP DB Booster Version: *    1.0.1
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