SB2025062317 - Cross-site request forgery in WP Headers And Footers plugin for WordPress
Published: June 23, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025062317
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-2111)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the "custom_plugin_set_option" function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-headers-and-footers/trunk/lib/wpb-sdk/views/wpb-debug.php#L63
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-headers-and-footers/trunk/lib/wpb-sdk/views/wpb-debug.php#L69
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3276361/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7b00d175-261d-46e3-bf3c-2d18f4e4972d?source=cve