CVE-2025-53271
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Anton Bond Additional Order Filters for WooCommerce WordPress plugin allows attackers to perform stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This affects WordPress sites using the Additional Order Filters for WooCommerce plugin versions up to 1.22. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into executing malicious actions that inject persistent scripts.
💻 Affected Systems
- Additional Order Filters for WooCommerce 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 JavaScript that steals administrator credentials, redirects users to phishing sites, or performs administrative actions on behalf of authenticated users, potentially leading to full site compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers create phishing pages that trick logged-in administrators into executing actions that inject malicious scripts into the WordPress admin interface, affecting all users who view those pages.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and content security policies, the attack surface is reduced, but the vulnerability still exists in the codebase.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated user (typically an administrator) to click a malicious link or visit a crafted page. CSRF to XSS chain increases impact.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.23 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Additional Order Filters for WooCommerce'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. Alternatively, download version 1.23+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection Headers
allAdd Content Security Policy headers to restrict script execution sources
Add to .htaccess: Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https:;"
Add to nginx config: add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https:";
Disable Plugin
linuxTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate additional-order-filters-for-woocommerce
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict plugin access to trusted IP addresses only using web server configuration
- Implement additional authentication factors for administrative actions
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Additional Order Filters for WooCommerce. If version is 1.22 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get additional-order-filters-for-woocommerce --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.23 or higher in WordPress admin plugins page.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to plugin admin endpoints without proper referrer headers
- Multiple failed CSRF token validations in WordPress debug logs
Network Indicators:
- Requests to plugin endpoints with suspicious parameters containing script tags or JavaScript
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("additional-order-filters" OR "aofw") AND ("csrf" OR "nonce" OR "referer")