CSRF in Baronen Wp-Walla
CVE-2025-12589
The WP-Walla plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 0.5.3.5. This is due to missing nonce verification on the settings page and insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (3.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 3.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Baronen Wp-Walla — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5ed9f7a1-54ef-4f88-b89c-756b8…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-walla/tags/0.5.3.5/wpwalla_admin.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-walla/tags/0.5.3.5/wpwalla_admin.php
- developer.wordpress.org/plugins/security/nonces/
- developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_attr/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-12589?
- CVE-2025-12589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Baronen Wp-Walla, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-11-11.
- How severe is CVE-2025-12589?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.