CVE-2025-13386
📋 TL;DR
The Social Images Widget WordPress plugin has a missing capability check that allows unauthenticated attackers to delete plugin settings via CSRF. This affects all WordPress sites using the plugin up to version 2.1. Attackers can exploit this by tricking administrators into clicking malicious links.
💻 Affected Systems
- Social Images Widget WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete loss of plugin configuration requiring manual restoration, potential disruption of social media integration, and possible privilege escalation if plugin settings affect other site components.
Likely Case
Plugin settings reset to defaults, requiring administrator to reconfigure social media widgets, causing temporary disruption to social media display functionality.
If Mitigated
No impact if proper CSRF protections are in place or if administrators don't click malicious links.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick administrators into clicking malicious links (CSRF attack). No authentication required for the actual exploit.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Check WordPress plugin repository for version >2.1
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-images-widget/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Social Images Widget. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete the plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Deactivate Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate social-images-widget
Add CSRF Protection
allImplement WordPress nonce verification for plugin settings updates
Manual code modification required - add wp_verify_nonce() check to options_update function
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove plugin entirely and use alternative social media widget solutions
- Implement web application firewall rules to block requests to the vulnerable endpoint
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for Social Images Widget version ≤2.1Check Version:
wp plugin get social-images-widget --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is >2.1 or plugin is removed/deactivated📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-post.php with action=social_images_widget_settings containing delete operations
- Unauthenticated requests modifying plugin settings
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to WordPress admin endpoints from unexpected sources without authentication
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-post.php" AND parameters.action="social_images_widget_settings") AND http_method="POST"🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-images-widget/tags/2.1/class-social-images-widget-settings.php#L44
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-images-widget/trunk/class-social-images-widget-settings.php#L44
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/95ab7473-e368-47ad-a8a0-0efbdafce562?source=cve
