CVE-2025-58255
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress Custom Post Type Images plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into executing unauthorized actions, potentially leading to code injection. This affects WordPress sites using the plugin versions up to 0.5. The vulnerability requires an authenticated admin session to be exploited.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Custom Post Type Images 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 code into WordPress sites, potentially gaining full administrative control, defacing websites, stealing sensitive data, or installing backdoors for persistent access.
Likely Case
Attackers create fake admin interfaces or links that trick logged-in administrators into executing plugin actions that inject malicious code, leading to site compromise or data theft.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and admin awareness, exploitation attempts fail as unauthorized requests are rejected, limiting impact to failed attack attempts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated admins, but the technical execution is straightforward once admin interaction is obtained.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 0.5
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Custom Post Type Images'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available, or manually update to latest version. 5. Verify plugin is updated to version after 0.5.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate custom-post-types-image
CSRF Protection Implementation
allAdd custom CSRF tokens to plugin forms if source code access available
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict admin access to trusted networks only
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block suspicious POST requests to plugin endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'Custom Post Type Images' version 0.5 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get custom-post-types-image --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is higher than 0.5 in WordPress admin plugins list📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or plugin-specific endpoints
- Multiple failed admin login attempts followed by successful login and plugin actions
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to plugin endpoints without proper referrer headers or CSRF tokens
- Traffic from unusual sources to admin interfaces
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" OR uri_path CONTAINS "custom-post-types-image") AND http_method="POST" AND NOT user_agent CONTAINS "expected-browser"