CVE-2025-14845 (GCVE-0-2025-14845)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-07 06:36 – Updated: 2026-01-07 16:13
VLAI?
Title
NS IE Compatibility Fixer <= 2.1.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update
Summary
The NS IE Compatibility Fixer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.5. This is due to missing nonce validation on the settings update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nsthemes NS Ie Compatibility Fixer Affected: * , ≤ 2.1.5 (semver)
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Credits
Muhammad Afnaan
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