CVE-2025-48340
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Danny Vink User Profile Meta Manager WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions, leading to privilege escalation. This affects all versions up to 1.02, potentially compromising WordPress sites using this plugin. Users with administrative or editing roles are at risk if they visit malicious web pages while logged in.
💻 Affected Systems
- Danny Vink User Profile Meta Manager 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
Attackers gain administrative privileges on the WordPress site, enabling full control over content, users, and potentially server access if other vulnerabilities exist.
Likely Case
Attackers escalate privileges to create backdoor accounts, modify user roles, or inject malicious code into the site.
If Mitigated
With CSRF protections like nonce tokens or strict access controls, exploitation is prevented, limiting impact to unauthorized actions.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated user into clicking a malicious link, making it straightforward but dependent on social engineering.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 1.02 (check plugin updates for latest)
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'User Profile Meta Manager' and update to the latest version. 4. Verify update completes successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the User Profile Meta Manager plugin to prevent exploitation until patched.
wp plugin deactivate user-profile-meta
Implement CSRF Tokens
allAdd custom CSRF protection to WordPress forms if plugin update is delayed.
Add nonce fields to relevant PHP files; consult WordPress developer documentation.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict plugin access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity.
- Use web application firewalls (WAFs) to block CSRF attempts and limit plugin functionality.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check plugin version in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins; if version is 1.02 or earlier, it is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get user-profile-meta --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, confirm the plugin version is above 1.02 and test user profile changes for CSRF protections.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual user role changes in WordPress logs
- Failed CSRF token validations in plugin logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to user profile endpoints without referrer headers or from suspicious sources
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (event="user_role_updated" OR event="csrf_failure")