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CVE-2025-7835: iThoughts Advanced Code Editor <= 1.2.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to 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: 2025-07-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The iThoughts Advanced Code Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.10. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'ithoughts_ace_update_options' AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update 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

• gerkin iThoughts Advanced Code Editor: through 1.2.10

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ithoughts-advanced-code-editor/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e99ed03f-ed0a-4f17-b9fe-db0a0e573ed2?source=cve

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