CVE-2025-9893: VM Menu Reorder plugin <= 1.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-09-27 · updated 2026-10-09
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The VM Menu Reorder plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the vm_set_to_default function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset all menu reordering settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

milankyada VM Menu Reorder plugin: through 1.0.0

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vm-menu-reorder/trunk/vm-menu-class.php#L275
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/df7e57a7-ba15-4181-89f9-e3f1f5de36cf?source=cve

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