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CVE-2025-14853: LEAV Last Email Address Validator <= 1.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The LEAV Last Email Address Validator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions <= 1.7.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the display_settings_page function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• smings LEAV Last Email Address Validator: through 1.7.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/last-email-address-validator/trunk/includes/leav-settings-page.inc.php#L2183
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/last-email-address-validator/trunk/includes/leav-settings-page.inc.php#L257
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/last-email-address-validator/trunk/includes/leav-settings-page.inc.php#L66
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93db56df-d21b-4788-84b2-7b28641b5a7a?source=cve

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