CVE-2025-64256
📋 TL;DR
This Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Simple Folio WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions. Attackers can create malicious web pages that, when visited by logged-in administrators, can modify plugin settings or perform other administrative actions without consent. This affects all WordPress sites using Simple Folio version 1.1.0 or earlier.
💻 Affected Systems
- PressTigers Simple Folio 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 completely compromise the WordPress site by tricking administrators into changing critical settings, installing malicious plugins, or modifying user permissions.
Likely Case
Attackers modify plugin settings, change content, or perform other administrative actions within the plugin's scope, potentially defacing the site or altering functionality.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protection and security headers, the attack would fail as requests would be rejected without valid tokens.
🎯 Exploit Status
CSRF attacks are well-understood and easy to implement. Exploitation requires social engineering to get administrators to visit malicious pages while authenticated.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version 1.1.1 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Simple Folio and click 'Update Now' if available. 4. If no update appears, download version 1.1.1+ from WordPress.org. 5. Deactivate and delete old version. 6. Upload and activate new version.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection Headers
allAdd security headers to WordPress to help prevent CSRF attacks
Add to .htaccess: Header set X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
Add to .htaccess: Header set Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'self'"
Disable Simple Folio Plugin
linuxTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate simple-folio
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block CSRF patterns
- Require administrators to use separate browsers or incognito mode for administrative tasks
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Simple Folio → Version. If version is 1.1.0 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get simple-folio --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify Simple Folio version is 1.1.1 or higher in WordPress admin plugins page.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple POST requests to simple-folio admin endpoints without referrer headers
- Administrative actions from unexpected IP addresses or user agents
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple-folio with missing or suspicious referrers
- Cross-origin requests to plugin endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin.php" AND query_string="page=simple-folio") AND NOT referrer_domain="yourdomain.com"