CVE-2025-64294
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a missing authorization vulnerability in the WP Snow Effect WordPress plugin that allows attackers to dismiss admin notices without proper authentication. This affects all WordPress sites running WP Snow Effect versions up to 1.1.15. The vulnerability enables unauthorized users to perform actions intended only for administrators.
💻 Affected Systems
- WP Snow Effect 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 dismiss critical security or maintenance notices, potentially hiding important warnings from legitimate administrators and enabling follow-on attacks.
Likely Case
Unauthorized users can dismiss non-critical admin notices, causing minor disruption to site management and potentially hiding plugin update notifications.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls, only authenticated administrators can dismiss notices, maintaining normal administrative workflow.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability is simple to exploit via crafted HTTP requests and proof-of-concept code is publicly available.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.1.16 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find WP Snow Effect and update to version 1.1.16 or later. 4. Verify the update completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable WP Snow Effect Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate wp-snow-effect
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove WP Snow Effect plugin completely from the WordPress installation
- Implement web application firewall rules to block unauthorized notice dismissal requests
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins for WP Snow Effect version 1.1.15 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get wp-snow-effect --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm WP Snow Effect is updated to version 1.1.16 or later in WordPress admin plugins page📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=dismiss_wp_snow_effect_notice
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by notice dismissal requests
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to notice dismissal endpoints from unauthenticated sources
- Unusual traffic patterns to admin-ajax.php
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "admin-ajax.php" AND "dismiss_wp_snow_effect_notice" AND NOT user="admin"