CVE-2025-24549
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress Post Meta plugin allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users, which can lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This affects WordPress sites using Post Meta plugin versions up to 1.0.9. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into executing malicious scripts.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Post Meta 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
Attackers could gain administrative access to WordPress sites, deface websites, steal session cookies, or install backdoors through XSS payloads executed via CSRF.
Likely Case
Attackers trick administrators into executing malicious scripts that could modify content, create new admin users, or redirect visitors to malicious sites.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF tokens and input validation, the vulnerability would be prevented, limiting impact to failed exploitation attempts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated users into clicking malicious links. The CSRF leads to XSS execution.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.1.0 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Post Meta' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download version 1.1.0+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Post Meta Plugin
WordPressTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate post-meta
Implement CSRF Protection
allAdd CSRF tokens to all forms and validate them server-side.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict plugin access to trusted IP addresses only using web server rules.
- Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS impact.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Post Meta version. If version is 1.0.9 or earlier, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get post-meta --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify Post Meta plugin version shows 1.1.0 or later in WordPress admin.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to Post Meta plugin endpoints without referrer headers
- Unexpected script tags in request parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with suspicious parameters containing script tags or JavaScript code
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("post-meta" OR "wp-content/plugins/post-meta") AND ("<script" OR "javascript:")