CVE-2025-0865
WP Media Category Management 2.0 - 2.3.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
The WP Media Category Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 2.0 to 2.3.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wp_mcm_handle_action_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter plugin settings, such as the taxonomy used for media, the base slug for media categories, and the default media category via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
WP Media Category Management 2.0 - 2.3.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
The WP Media Category Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 2.0 to 2.3.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wp_mcm_handle_action_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter plugin settings, such as the taxonomy used for media, the base slug for media categories, and the default media category via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2025-0865- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-4711
6.5
The WP Media Category Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 2.0 to 2.3.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wp_mcm_handle_action_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter plugin settings, such as the taxonomy used for media, the base slug for media categories, and the default media category via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
EUVD-2025-4711- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rm88-q26q-5qm2
6.5
The WP Media Category Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery...
The WP Media Category Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 2.0 to 2.3.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wp_mcm_handle_action_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter plugin settings, such as the taxonomy used for media, the base slug for media categories, and the default media category via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
GHSA-rm88-q26q-5qm2- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.5
The WP Media Category Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 2.0 to 2.3.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wp_mcm_handle_action_settings() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter plugin settings, such as the taxonomy used for media, the base slug for media categories, and the default media category via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2025-0865- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-0865 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in De-baat Wp Media Category Management, published February 19, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0d42ca2f-f061-4cd1-812b-46d42c440498?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-media-category-management/trunk/include/admin/class-WP_MCM_Settings.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-media-category-management/tags/2.3.3/include/admin/class-WP_MCM_Render_Settings.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-media-category-management/trunk/include/class-WP_MCM_Options.php
wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-category-management
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3242626/wp-media-category-management/trunk/include/admin/class-WP_MCM_Settings.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0865
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rm88-q26q-5qm2