The LEAV Last Email Address Validator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions <= 1.7.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the display_settings_page function. 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00014.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
smings LEAV Last Email Address Validator unaffected
Version Status Constraints
* affected ≤ 1.7.1

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References
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/last-email-address-validator/trunk/includes/leav-settings-page.inc.php#L2183 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/last-email-address-validator/trunk/includes/leav-settings-page.inc.php#L257 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/last-email-address-validator/trunk/includes/leav-settings-page.inc.php#L66 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93db56df-d21b-4788-84b2-7b28641b5a7a?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Smings
Smings leav Last Email Address Validator
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Smings
Smings leav Last Email Address Validator
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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Description The LEAV Last Email Address Validator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions <= 1.7.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the display_settings_page function. 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.
Title LEAV Last Email Address Validator <= 1.7.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-16T13:56:51.236Z

Reserved: 2025-12-17T20:29:58.227Z

Link: CVE-2025-14853

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-16T13:56:47.350Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-16T07:15:56.063

Modified: 2026-01-16T15:55:12.257

Link: CVE-2025-14853

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Updated: 2026-01-16T13:41:37Z

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