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Advanced Database Cleaner, CVE-2025-11497

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2025-11497

Published on
Oct 25, 2025
Research Description
The Advanced Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the aDBc_prepare_elements_to_clean() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to alter the keep last setting via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected versions
max 3.1.7.
Status
vulnerable