CVE-2025-14168 (GCVE-0-2025-14168)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-20 03:20 – Updated: 2025-12-20 03:20
VLAI?
Title
WP DB Booster <= 1.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Database Cleanup
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.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpmaniax | WP DB Booster |
Affected:
* , ≤ 1.0.1
(semver)
|
Credits
Muhammad Nur Ibnu Hubab
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Sightings
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