CVE-2025-24717
Published: 24 January 2025
Description
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-24717 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the Wow-Company Modal Window plugin (modal-window) for WordPress. The issue allows CSRF attacks and affects all versions from n/a through 6.1.4. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L), indicating medium severity with no confidentiality impact but low integrity and availability effects.
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no required privileges, though it demands user interaction such as clicking a malicious link or visiting a crafted page. Any unauthenticated adversary can trick authenticated WordPress administrators or users with sufficient permissions into performing unintended actions, leading to changes in plugin settings.
The Patchstack advisory documents this as a CSRF-to-settings-change vulnerability specifically in Modal Window plugin version 6.1.4 and provides details on the issue for mitigation guidance. Security practitioners should consult the advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/modal-window/vulnerability/wordpress-modal-window-plugin-6-1-4-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-to-settings-change-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for patching instructions and verification steps.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
CSRF vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the application to perform unauthorized settings changes.