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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-11497

The Advanced Database Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.6.

Published Oct 25, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance

Last checked Oct 24, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11497. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.23%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor symptote Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 0 ≤3.1.6

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor symptote Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 0 ≤3.1.60 ≤3.1.6

How to fix CVE-2025-11497

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11497. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with symptote Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 0 ≤3.1.6 0 ≤3.1.6. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.23%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 per

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 per

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-11497

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-11497

    30-day exploitation probability 0.23%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-35927

    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 unauthenti

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 24, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 24, 2026