CVE-2025-5142: The Simple Page Access Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.31. This is due to missing nonce validation and capability

medium Affects simple-page-access-restriction (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2025-05-30; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Simple Page Access Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.31. This is due to missing nonce validation and capability

Package: simple-page-access-restriction (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <1.0.32
Fixed in: 1.0.32
Severity: medium CVSS 6.5
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (13.8th percentile)
Published: 2025-05-30
Source: nvd

References

CWE-352

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