CVE-2025-30542
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the wpsolutions SoundCloud Ultimate WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions. This affects all WordPress sites running SoundCloud Ultimate version 1.5 or earlier. The vulnerability requires an authenticated admin session to be exploited.
💻 Affected Systems
- wpsolutions SoundCloud Ultimate 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
An attacker could trick an authenticated administrator into changing plugin settings, modifying content, or potentially performing actions that compromise the WordPress site's integrity.
Likely Case
Attackers could manipulate plugin settings or content through forged requests when administrators are logged in and visit malicious pages.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and admin awareness, the risk is significantly reduced as exploitation requires social engineering and admin interaction.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires an authenticated admin session and social engineering to visit a malicious page.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.6 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'SoundCloud Ultimate' and click 'Update Now' if available. 4. If no update is available, deactivate and delete the plugin, then install version 1.6+ from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection
allAdd custom CSRF tokens to plugin forms if you cannot update immediately
Requires custom PHP development to add nonce verification to plugin forms
Use Security Plugins
allInstall WordPress security plugins that provide CSRF protection
Install plugins like Wordfence, Sucuri, or iThemes Security
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Deactivate and remove the SoundCloud Ultimate plugin entirely
- Implement strict admin session management and educate administrators about CSRF risks
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for SoundCloud Ultimate version 1.5 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name=soundcloud-ultimate --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify SoundCloud Ultimate plugin version is 1.6 or higher in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to SoundCloud Ultimate admin endpoints without proper referrer/CSRF tokens
- Multiple failed admin actions from same IP
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=soundcloud-ultimate with suspicious referrers
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin.php" AND query_string="page=soundcloud-ultimate") AND http_method="POST"