CVE-2025-58956
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Attractive Donations System WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions, potentially leading to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). This affects all versions of the plugin up to an unspecified version, compromising WordPress sites using it.
💻 Affected Systems
- WP Attractive Donations System (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 into the site, leading to data theft, session hijacking, or complete site takeover by compromising admin accounts.
Likely Case
Attackers exploit CSRF to inject XSS payloads, defacing the site or stealing user cookies and credentials from visitors.
If Mitigated
With CSRF protections like nonces enabled, the vulnerability is blocked, preventing unauthorized actions and XSS injection.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated admin into clicking a malicious link, but no public proof-of-concept is confirmed.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Check the vendor advisory for the fixed version, as specific version details are not provided in the CVE.
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into the WordPress admin dashboard. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'WP Attractive Donations System' and update to the latest version. 4. Verify the update completes successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens Manually
allAdd nonce verification to plugin forms to prevent CSRF attacks, though this requires code modifications.
Modify plugin PHP files to include wp_nonce_field() and wp_verify_nonce() checks in form handling.
Use Security Plugins
allInstall a WordPress security plugin that includes CSRF protection, such as Wordfence or Sucuri, to mitigate the risk.
Install and activate a security plugin from the WordPress plugin repository.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable or uninstall the WP Attractive Donations System plugin to remove the vulnerability entirely.
- Restrict admin access to trusted IP addresses only using firewall rules or .htaccess configurations.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check the plugin version in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins; if it's an older version without updates, it may be vulnerable.Check Version:
In WordPress, run: wp plugin list --name='WP Attractive Donations System' --field=version (requires WP-CLI)Verify Fix Applied:
After updating, confirm the plugin version is the latest and test admin forms for CSRF protections (e.g., nonce fields in HTML).📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to plugin admin endpoints without referrer or nonce validation in WordPress logs.
Network Indicators:
- Suspicious outbound traffic from the site indicating data exfiltration due to XSS payloads.
SIEM Query:
Example: source="wordpress.log" AND (uri="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" OR uri CONTAINS "wp-attractive-donations") AND status=200 AND user_agent="malicious"