How severe is CVE-2025-11497?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Symptote Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean To Speed Up Site Performance

CVE-2025-11497

The Advanced Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the aDBc_prepare_elements_to_clean() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter the keep last setting via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE-2025-64357 is a duplicate of this issue.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.002 (11.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Symptote Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean To Speed Up Site Performance — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-11497?: CVE-2025-11497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symptote Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean To Speed Up Site Performance, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-11497?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.