CVE-2025-4189
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Audio Comments Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'audio-comments/audior-settings.php' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Audio Comments Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing nonce validation on the 'audio-comments/audior-settings.php' page. This allows unauthenticated attackers to forge requests that can modify plugin settings and inject malicious scripts, provided they can trick a site administrator into clicking a malicious link.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Audio Comments plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and look for 'Audio Comments' in the list of installed pluginsAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Identify the plugin versionClick on the plugin in the Plugins list to view its details, or check the plugin header in the main PHP file within wp-content/plugins/audio-comments/Affected if The installed version matches or precedes the vulnerable version range (check the plugin repository for release dates after the CVE disclosure)
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Locate the vulnerable settings fileCheck if the file audio-comments/audior-settings.php exists in the plugin directory under wp-content/plugins/Affected if The file audior-settings.php exists in the plugin folder
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Verify missing nonce validationOpen audior-settings.php and search for 'nonce' or 'wp_verify_nonce' within form processing logic; check if settings update actions lack nonce verification before processingAffected if The settings page processes form submissions without verifying a nonce token (no call to wp_verify_nonce, check_admin_referer, or similar validation found)
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Review plugin settings for unauthorized changesNavigate to the Audio Comments settings page in WordPress admin and inspect all configuration options for any suspicious values or injected scriptsAffected if Settings contain unexpected values, malicious script tags, or configurations not set by the legitimate administrator
A user is affected if the Audio Comments plugin is installed, the vulnerable settings file exists, and the settings page processes updates without nonce verification, allowing forged requests to modify settings.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper nonce validation on all form submissions and state-changing requests in the settings page. Additionally, add anti-CSRF tokens to forms and verify them before processing any settings updates.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-4189 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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