SB2025030718 - Cross-site request forgery in bbPress
Published: March 7, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025030718
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-2025-1435)
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 update from vendor's website.
References
- 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