CVE-2025-12410
The SH Contextual Help plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.1.
Impact
The SH Contextual Help plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the sh_contextual_help_dashboard_widget() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings and 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.
Affected packages
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Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sh-contextual-help/tags/3.2.1/functions.php#L400
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sh-contextual-help/tags/3.2.1/functions.php#L402
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sh-contextual-help/tags/3.2.1/functions.php#L417
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/364d6bd8-cdb8-4c99-b610-ba9a3125909e?source=cve