---
id: CVE-2025-11497
title: >-
  The Advanced Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site
  Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.6
summary: >-
  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()
  func…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-20
published: '2025-10-25'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T11:10:00.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11497'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3382581%40advanced-database-cleaner&new=3382581%40advanced-database-cleaner&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f4635ac-2ce6-4135-8d2b-d03b42860f05?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00226
epssPercentile: 0.12265
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.583Z'
---

## Overview

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. CVE-2025-64357 is a duplicate of this issue.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.