CVE-2025-12456: The Centangle-Team plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 16:14 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 4 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Users should apply strict administrative access controls and avoid clicking untrusted links. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implementing web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block CSRF and XSS attempts may provide temporary mitigation.
Description
The Centangle-Team WordPress plugin up to version 1.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) due to missing or incorrect nonce validation. This allows unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings if they can trick an administrator into performing an action. Additionally, insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the cai_name_color parameter enables injection of arbitrary web scripts that execute when a user accesses the affected page.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12456 (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/centangle-team/trunk/Centangle-Team-Showcase.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/centangle-team/trunk/inc_/cai_setting.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/centangle-team/trunk/inc_/cai_setting.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/centangle-team/trunk/inc_/cai_setting.php (opens in a new tab)
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6ff637c7-677f-4d70-b3cb-770d0a47e691?source=cve (opens in a new tab)