CVE-2025-53451
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mihdan Mihdan: No External Links mihdan-no-external-links allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Mihdan: No External Links: from n/a through <= 5.1.6.2.
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 · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Mihdan: No External Links WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly validate anti-CSRF tokens, allowing authenticated users to be tricked into performing unintended state-changing actions via malicious requests.
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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
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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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Verify plugin is installed and activeGo to WordPress admin > Plugins and confirm 'Mihdan: No External Links' is installed and activatedAffected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, find Mihdan: No External Links and note the version number displayed. Compare against any officially published affected version rangeAffected if The installed version falls within a known vulnerable version range (if such a range becomes publicly documented)
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Inspect plugin code for nonce validationAccess the plugin files via file manager or FTP. Examine PHP files that handle form submissions, settings saves, and admin actions (typically in the main plugin file or includes/admin/). Search for presence of wp_verify_nonce, wp_nonce_field, or check_admin_referer calls on state-changing functionsAffected if State-changing operations (settings updates, form submissions, admin actions) lack nonce verification calls like wp_verify_nonce or wp_nonce_field
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Check admin action handlers for CSRF protectionLocate PHP files handling admin actions (often containing add_action hooks like admin_post_, wp_ajax_, or admin_menu). Verify each handler that modifies data calls wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer before processingAffected if Admin action handlers that modify data do not validate nonces before executing state-changing operations
A site is affected if the Mihdan: No External Links plugin is active and its code lacks proper nonce verification (wp_verify_nonce or similar) on state-changing operations like settings updates or form submissions.
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 WordPress nonce verification (wp_verify_nonce or wp_nonce_field) on all state-changing operations (settings updates, form submissions, admin actions) to prevent CSRF attacks.
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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.
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- 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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