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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Weakness · CWE-352

CVE-2025-68083

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-16
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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61/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Meks Meks Quick Plugin Disabler meks-quick-plugin-disabler allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Meks Quick Plugin Disabler: from n/a through <= 1.0.

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 confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Meks Quick Plugin Disabler WordPress plugin allows attackers to potentially trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended plugin management actions via forged requests.

MitigationUntil an official patch is available, site administrators should avoid clicking untrusted links while logged into WordPress admin and consider disabling the plugin if not essential. Implementing proper nonce verification in the plugin's form submissions would remediate the vulnerability.

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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Meks Quick Plugin Disabler plugin is installed
    Navigate to WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for 'Meks Quick Plugin Disabler' in the plugin list
    Affected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
  2. Check the installed plugin version
    Click on the plugin in the Plugins list to view its details, or check the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/meks-quick-plugin-disabler/meks-quick-plugin-disabler.php for the Version field
    Affected if The version displayed cannot be confirmed as patched against this CSRF vulnerability (no patch version is specified in available advisory data)
  3. Confirm the plugin is active
    Look at the status column in the Plugins list - the plugin shows as 'Active'
    Affected if The plugin is enabled and running on the site
  4. Identify plugin admin endpoints used for plugin management
    Access the plugin settings page (typically under Plugins or a dedicated Meks menu item in the admin sidebar) and observe any forms or URLs used to enable/disable other plugins
    Affected if The plugin provides admin interface controls that manage other plugins, creating the attack surface for CSRF
  5. Review plugin source code for nonce verification
    If you have file access, examine the PHP files in wp-content/plugins/meks-quick-plugin-disabler/ for presence of wp_nonce_field() or check_admin_referer() calls in any form handling code
    Affected if The plugin code lacks nonce verification functions in its plugin management actions (this requires code review to confirm)
  6. Test for CSRF vulnerability with a proof-of-concept
    With administrator privileges, create a test HTML page with a form that targets the plugin admin URL and submit it while logged in - observe whether the action executes without a nonce token error
    Affected if The action completes successfully without requiring a valid nonce token (this is an active exploitation test, not recommended on production)

If the Meks Quick Plugin Disabler plugin is installed and active on your WordPress site, you are potentially affected by this CSRF vulnerability since the flaw allows forged requests from any site an authenticated admin visits.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Until an official patch is available, site administrators should avoid clicking untrusted links while logged into WordPress admin and consider disabling the plugin if not essential. Implementing proper nonce verification in the plugin's form submissions would remediate the vulnerability.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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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.

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