CVE-2025-9626: Page Blocks <= 1.1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

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: 2025-10-11 · updated 2026-10-08
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Page Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the admin_process_widget_page_change function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify widget page block configurations via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

softwud Page Blocks: through 1.1.0

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-blocks/trunk/classes/page_blocks.php#L705
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-blocks/trunk/classes/page_blocks.php#L710
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-blocks/trunk/page_blocks_plugin.php#L96
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/794d1149-5c6a-4e92-bbc9-00d718799df9?source=cve

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