PT-2025-35335 · WordPress · Related Posts Lite

Sandeep · Published 2025-08-30 · Updated 2025-08-30 · CVE-2025-9618

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:

Related Posts Lite plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.13

Description:

The Related Posts Lite plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the settings update functionality. This allows unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings via a forged request if they can trick a site administrator into performing an action, such as clicking a link.

Recommendations:

Update the Related Posts Lite plugin to version 1.13 or later.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-9618

Affected Products

Related Posts Lite

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9618 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1961615665493692554 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/related-posts-lite/tags/1.12/backend/settings.php#L114 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec3667ac-1d1f-4faf-923c-7e55c03db3da?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1961704980722671977 · Twitter Post