CVE-2025-0865: 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_ac

medium Affects wp-media-category-management (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2025-02-19; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

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_ac

Package: wp-media-category-management (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: >=2.0.0 and <2.4.0
Fixed in: 2.4.0
Severity: medium CVSS 6.5
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (20.3th percentile)
Published: 2025-02-19
Source: nvd

References

CWE-352

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