CVE-2025-58259
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Nokri WordPress theme allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. This affects WordPress sites using Nokri theme versions up to 1.6.4. Attackers could modify settings or perform administrative actions without the user's knowledge.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Nokri Theme
⚠️ 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 change site settings, modify user roles, inject malicious content, or compromise the entire WordPress installation through administrative actions performed by tricked administrators.
Likely Case
Attackers modify theme settings, change user permissions, or inject advertising/malicious scripts into vulnerable sites.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections, the vulnerability is prevented as all state-changing requests require valid nonces or tokens.
🎯 Exploit Status
CSRF attacks are well-understood and easy to implement. Exploitation requires tricking authenticated users into visiting malicious pages.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 1.6.4
Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/nokri/vulnerability/wordpress-nokri-theme-1-6-4-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Appearance > Themes. 3. Check if Nokri theme update is available. 4. Update to latest version. 5. Clear any caching plugins/CDN caches.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection Manually
allAdd nonce verification to theme forms and AJAX requests
Add wp_nonce_field() to forms and check_admin_referer() or wp_verify_nonce() in form processing
Use Security Plugin
allInstall WordPress security plugin with CSRF protection
Install Wordfence, Sucuri, or iThemes Security and enable CSRF protection features
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable or replace the Nokri theme with a secure alternative
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block CSRF attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Appearance > Themes for Nokri theme version. If version is 1.6.4 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
Check WordPress admin panel or inspect theme's style.css file for Version: headerVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify theme version shows higher than 1.6.4 in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple POST requests to admin-ajax.php or theme-specific endpoints without referrer/nonce validation
- Unexpected theme setting changes in WordPress logs
Network Indicators:
- Cross-origin requests to WordPress admin endpoints
- POST requests without CSRF tokens from unexpected referrers
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("admin-ajax.php" OR "wp-admin") AND status=200 AND referrer NOT CONTAINS "your-domain.com"