Cross-site request forgery in bbPress

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU105441

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [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 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

bbPress: 2.6 beta-1 - 2.6.11

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:johnjamesjacoby:bbpress:2.6:beta-1:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:johnjamesjacoby:bbpress:2.6:rc-1:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:johnjamesjacoby:bbpress:2.6:beta-2:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.