CVE-2025-30815

4.3 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

This CSRF vulnerability in the Hesabfa Accounting WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions. It affects all WordPress sites running Hesabfa Accounting versions up to 2.1.8. Attackers could modify plugin settings or perform administrative functions without the victim's knowledge.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Hesabfa Accounting WordPress Plugin
Versions: n/a through 2.1.8
Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Requires WordPress administrator to be logged in and visit a malicious page while authenticated.

⚠️ 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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Recommended Actions:
  1. Review the CVE details at NVD
  2. Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
  3. Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
  4. Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

An attacker could completely reconfigure the accounting plugin settings, potentially disrupting financial operations or exposing sensitive financial data.

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Likely Case

Attackers modify plugin configuration settings, change integration credentials, or disrupt accounting functionality.

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If Mitigated

With proper CSRF protections and user awareness, the risk is limited to temporary configuration changes that can be reverted.

🌐 Internet-Facing: MEDIUM
🏢 Internal Only: LOW

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No
Complexity: LOW

CSRF attacks are well-understood and relatively easy to execute once the vulnerable endpoint is identified.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 2.1.9 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/hesabfa-accounting/vulnerability/wordpress-hesabfa-accounting-plugin-2-1-8-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find Hesabfa Accounting
4. Click 'Update Now' if available
5. If no update appears, manually download version 2.1.9+ from WordPress.org
6. Deactivate, delete old version, upload and activate new version

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

CSRF Token Implementation

all

Add CSRF protection to plugin forms manually if patching isn't immediately possible

Requires custom PHP development to add nonce verification to all plugin forms

Plugin Deactivation

linux

Temporarily disable the plugin until patched

wp plugin deactivate hesabfa-accounting

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement strict SameSite cookie policies for WordPress admin sessions
  • Use browser extensions that block CSRF attempts or enforce additional authentication for sensitive actions

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for Hesabfa Accounting version. If version is 2.1.8 or lower, you are vulnerable.

Check Version:

wp plugin list --name=hesabfa-accounting --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify plugin version is 2.1.9 or higher in WordPress admin panel. Test that all plugin forms now include CSRF tokens (nonces).

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Multiple failed CSRF token validations in WordPress debug logs
  • Unexpected plugin configuration changes without corresponding admin user actions

Network Indicators:

  • POST requests to Hesabfa plugin endpoints without Referer headers or with external Referers
  • Cross-origin requests to plugin admin-ajax.php endpoints

SIEM Query:

source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND action CONTAINS "hesabfa") AND referer NOT CONTAINS site_domain

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