CVE-2025-49344
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress SensitiveTagCloud plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when users visit compromised pages. This affects all WordPress sites running SensitiveTagCloud versions up to 1.4.1. The CSRF flaw enables stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress SensitiveTagCloud 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 inject persistent malicious scripts that steal administrator credentials, deface websites, redirect visitors to malicious sites, or install backdoors when administrators view compromised plugin settings pages.
Likely Case
Attackers trick administrators into clicking malicious links that modify plugin settings to inject malicious JavaScript, leading to session hijacking or limited site defacement.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF tokens and input validation, the attack would fail, preventing unauthorized plugin configuration changes and script injection.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated users but uses standard CSRF techniques. No public exploit code identified yet.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.4.2 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find SensitiveTagCloud and click 'Update Now'. 4. If update not available, download latest version from WordPress repository and manually replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable SensitiveTagCloud Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate sensitive-tag-cloud
Implement CSRF Protection Headers
allAdd Content Security Policy headers to mitigate XSS impact
Add to .htaccess: Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'"
Add to nginx config: add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'";
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict plugin settings page access to specific administrator roles only
- Implement web application firewall rules to block suspicious POST requests to plugin endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for SensitiveTagCloud version. If version is 1.4.1 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get sensitive-tag-cloud --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After update, verify SensitiveTagCloud version shows 1.4.2 or later in WordPress plugins list.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sensitive-tag-cloud from unexpected referrers
- Multiple failed CSRF token validations for plugin endpoints
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with suspicious parameters to plugin administration endpoints
- Traffic patterns showing users being redirected after visiting plugin pages
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin.php" AND query_string="page=sensitive-tag-cloud") AND http_method="POST" AND NOT user_agent="WordPress/*"