---
id: CVE-2025-9896
title: >-
  The HidePost plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
  in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.8
summary: >-
  The HidePost plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
  in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.8. This is due to missing or
  incorrect nonce validation on the options.php settings page. This makes it
  possible for …
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-352
published: '2025-09-27'
updated: '2026-10-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-09T10:10:00.193'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9896'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hidepost/tags/2.3.8/options.php#L7
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a618dbf-1180-4937-8466-5abc784a3365?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00133
epssPercentile: 0.02459
ingestedAt: '2026-10-09T12:53:28.300Z'
---

## Overview

The HidePost plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the options.php settings page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

## Remediation

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