CVE-2025-14616
Recooty <= 1.0.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
The Recooty – Job Widget (Old Dashboard) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to missing nonce validation on the recooty_save_maybe() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the recooty_key option and inject malicious content into iframe src attributes 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
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
Recooty <= 1.0.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
The Recooty – Job Widget (Old Dashboard) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to missing nonce validation on the recooty_save_maybe() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the recooty_key option and inject malicious content into iframe src attributes via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2025-14616- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-206487
4.3
The Recooty – Job Widget (Old Dashboard) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to missing nonce validation on the recooty_save_maybe() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the recooty_key option and inject malicious content into iframe src attributes via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
EUVD-2025-206487- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7c75-f958-6j3m
4.3
The Recooty – Job Widget (Old Dashboard) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request...
The Recooty – Job Widget (Old Dashboard) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to missing nonce validation on the recooty_save_maybe() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the recooty_key option and inject malicious content into iframe src attributes via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
GHSA-7c75-f958-6j3m- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
The Recooty – Job Widget (Old Dashboard) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to missing nonce validation on the recooty_save_maybe() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the recooty_key option and inject malicious content into iframe src attributes via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2025-14616- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/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-2025-14616 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Recooty – Job Widget (old Dashboard), published January 28, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eb14f084-6f36-4702-8a28-b62811739407?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recooty/trunk/admin/init.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recooty/tags/1.0.4/admin/init.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recooty/trunk/init.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recooty/tags/1.0.4/init.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14616
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7c75-f958-6j3m