CVE-2025-49346
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress Simple Archive Generator plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions, which can lead to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This affects all WordPress sites using Simple Archive Generator plugin versions up to and including 5.2. The vulnerability requires an authenticated administrator to be tricked into clicking a malicious link.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Simple Archive Generator 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 inject malicious JavaScript into the WordPress site that executes in visitors' browsers, potentially stealing session cookies, redirecting users to malicious sites, or performing actions as authenticated users.
Likely Case
Attackers create malicious links that trick administrators into changing plugin settings to inject XSS payloads, leading to session hijacking or defacement of the website.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and content security policies, the attack would fail or have limited impact even if attempted.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick an authenticated administrator, but the technical complexity is low once the victim interacts with the malicious content.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 5.3 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Simple Archive Generator and click 'Update Now' if available. 4. If no update is available, deactivate and delete the plugin, then install version 5.3+ from the WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection Headers
allAdd Content Security Policy headers to help prevent XSS execution even if CSRF succeeds.
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
- Deactivate and remove the Simple Archive Generator plugin from WordPress.
- Implement strict access controls and user training to prevent administrators from clicking untrusted links.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Simple Archive Generator version. If version is 5.2 or earlier, the site is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=simple-archive-generator --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify the plugin version is 5.3 or higher in WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to WordPress admin-ajax.php or admin-post.php with archive generator parameters
- Administrator account performing unexpected plugin configuration changes
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing suspicious JavaScript in POST parameters to WordPress admin endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" OR uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-post.php") AND (query_string="*simple-archive-generator*" OR post_data="*simple-archive-generator*")