anilankola Newsletter Email Subscribe Plugin up to 2.4 on WordPress Setting nels_settings_page cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in anilankola Newsletter Email Subscribe Plugin up to 2.4 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function nels_settings_page of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-14904. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in anilankola Newsletter Email Subscribe Plugin up to 2.4 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function nels_settings_page of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Newsletter Email Subscribe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.4. This is due to incorrect nonce validation on the nels_settings_page function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The weakness was disclosed by Muhammad Afnaan. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-14904 since 12/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/18/2025 CVE reserved
01/07/2026 +20 days Advisory disclosed
01/07/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/07/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Muhammad Afnaan
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-14904 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-14904
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-339812

Entryinfo

Created: 01/07/2026 07:54
Changes: 01/07/2026 07:54 (66)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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