CVE-2025-23532
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Regios MyAnime Widget WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions, leading to privilege escalation. This affects all WordPress sites running MyAnime Widget version 1.0 or earlier. Attackers could gain administrative access to vulnerable WordPress installations.
💻 Affected Systems
- Regios MyAnime 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 site takeover where attackers gain administrative privileges, install backdoors, modify content, steal sensitive data, or use the site for further attacks.
Likely Case
Attackers create new administrator accounts or modify existing user privileges to gain persistent access to the WordPress dashboard.
If Mitigated
No impact if proper CSRF protections are implemented or the plugin is updated/disabled.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick an authenticated administrator. No authentication bypass needed once administrator is tricked.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 1.0 (check WordPress plugin repository)
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin dashboard. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'MyAnime Widget'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete the plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable MyAnime Widget Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate myanime-widget
Implement CSRF Protection Headers
allAdd security headers to WordPress to help prevent CSRF attacks
Add to .htaccess: Header set X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
Add to .htaccess: Header set Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'self'"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove the MyAnime Widget plugin completely from the WordPress installation
- Implement strict access controls and monitoring for administrator account activities
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'MyAnime Widget' version 1.0 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get myanime-widget --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin is either updated to version after 1.0 or completely removed from the plugins directory📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected administrator account creation in WordPress logs
- Unusual privilege modification events
- CSRF token validation failures
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to WordPress admin-ajax.php or admin-post.php without proper referrer headers
- Multiple failed CSRF validation attempts
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (event="user_created" OR event="user_updated") AND user_role="administrator"