CVE-2025-49453
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the BP Profile as Homepage WordPress plugin allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users, leading to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). This affects WordPress sites using the BP Profile as Homepage plugin versions up to 1.1, potentially compromising user sessions and site integrity.
💻 Affected Systems
- BP Profile as Homepage 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 could inject malicious scripts that execute in users' browsers, leading to session hijacking, credential theft, site defacement, or malware distribution to visitors.
Likely Case
Attackers trick authenticated administrators into performing actions that inject malicious JavaScript, which then executes for other users visiting affected pages.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF tokens and input validation, unauthorized actions are blocked, preventing the XSS injection vector entirely.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated user (e.g., admin) to click a malicious link, but CSRF-to-XSS chains are common and easily weaponized.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.2 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'BP Profile as Homepage' and update to version 1.2 or later. 4. If update not available, deactivate and delete the plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection Manually
allAdd nonce verification to plugin forms and actions to prevent CSRF attacks.
Edit plugin PHP files to include wp_nonce_field() and wp_verify_nonce() checks on form submissions.
Disable Plugin
linuxTemporarily deactivate the plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate bp-profile-as-homepage
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with CSRF and XSS protection rules.
- Restrict plugin access to trusted users only via role-based controls.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'BP Profile as Homepage' version 1.1 or earlier.Check Version:
wp plugin get bp-profile-as-homepage --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 1.2 or later in WordPress admin, and test form submissions for CSRF tokens.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to plugin endpoints without referrer or nonce parameters in WordPress debug/access logs.
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with suspicious payloads to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or plugin-specific URLs.
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/bp-profile-as-homepage/" OR user_agent CONTAINS "malicious")