Medium severity · published Nov 4, 2025
CVE-2025-12416
Pagerank Tools <= 1.1.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
6.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Pagerank Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This is due to missing nonce validation on the pr_save_settings() function and insufficient input sanitization. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The injected scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the plugin's settings page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PT
Pagerank tools · mahype
through 1.1.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12416
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12416
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pagerank-tools/tags/1.1.5/functions.inc.php#L176
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pagerank-tools/tags/1.1.5/functions.inc.php#L192
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/177900d6-c52e-4ac4-a74d-412e453f9d05?source=cve
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