#VU105441 Cross-site request forgery in bbPress - CVE-2025-1435
Published: March 7, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105441
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1435
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
bbPress
bbPress
Software vendor:
JJJ
JJJ
Description
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 bbp_user_add_role_on_register() 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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbpress/trunk/includes/users/signups.php#L151
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3247345/bbpress/branches/2.6/includes/users/capabilities.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3247345%40bbpress&new=3247345%40bbpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d776d94-8c81-4e88-bae3-946824a75c09?source=cve