CVE-2025-24714: Bubble Menu WordPress Plugin CSRF Flaw

CVE-2025-24714 Overview

CVE-2025-24714 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Wow-Company Bubble Menu WordPress plugin. The flaw impacts the bubble-menu plugin, also known as "Bubble Menu – circle floating menu," in all versions up to and including 4.0.2. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery.

An attacker can craft a malicious web page or link that, when visited by an authenticated WordPress administrator, triggers unintended state-changing actions on the target site. Exploitation requires user interaction but no privileges on the target site.

Critical Impact
Attackers can perform unauthorized configuration changes on affected WordPress sites when an authenticated user is tricked into visiting an attacker-controlled resource.

Affected Products

Wow-Company Bubble Menu – circle floating menu WordPress plugin
All versions from n/a through 4.0.2
WordPress installations with the bubble-menu plugin active

Discovery Timeline

2025-01-24 - CVE CVE-2025-24714 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-24714

Vulnerability Analysis

The Bubble Menu plugin exposes administrative actions that lack anti-CSRF token validation. WordPress provides the wp_nonce_field() and check_admin_referer() functions to prevent this class of issue, but the plugin's affected endpoints do not enforce nonce checks on state-changing requests. This allows a remote attacker to forge requests that execute in the context of an authenticated user's session.

The attack requires an administrator or privileged user to visit an attacker-controlled page while logged into the vulnerable WordPress site. Once triggered, the browser automatically sends session cookies with the forged request, enabling plugin configuration changes without the user's consent.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing or insufficient CSRF protection on the plugin's request handlers. The plugin does not validate a nonce or verify the origin/referer of incoming POST requests to administrative endpoints. This maps directly to CWE-352.

Attack Vector

An attacker hosts a malicious page containing a hidden form or JavaScript-driven request targeting the vulnerable Bubble Menu endpoints. When a logged-in WordPress administrator visits the page, the browser submits the forged request with valid session cookies. The plugin processes the request as legitimate because it lacks nonce validation.

The Patchstack advisory documents the technical details of the affected endpoints.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-24714

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected modifications to Bubble Menu plugin configuration or menu entries not initiated by authorized administrators.
POST requests to wp-admin/admin.php or plugin-specific endpoints with Referer headers pointing to external, untrusted domains.
Administrator session activity originating from browsers that recently visited unknown or suspicious URLs.

Detection Strategies

Review web server access logs for POST requests to Bubble Menu plugin endpoints that lack a valid _wpnonce parameter.
Correlate administrator authentication events with subsequent plugin configuration changes to identify anomalous patterns.
Deploy a web application firewall (WAF) rule to flag cross-origin POST requests to WordPress admin endpoints without matching nonce tokens.

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable WordPress audit logging to capture plugin setting changes and administrator activity.
Alert on modifications to wp_options rows associated with the Bubble Menu plugin outside of scheduled maintenance windows.
Monitor referrer headers on admin requests and investigate any originating from unexpected external domains.

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-24714

Immediate Actions Required

Update the Bubble Menu plugin to a version later than 4.0.2 if a patched release is available from the vendor.
Deactivate and remove the bubble-menu plugin if a patch has not yet been released and the functionality is not business-critical.
Force reauthentication for WordPress administrators and rotate any credentials that may have been used during recent sessions.

Patch Information

At the time of publication, refer to the Patchstack advisory for the latest patch status. Administrators should apply the vendor-supplied update as soon as a fixed version is released and verify the installed plugin version through the WordPress admin dashboard.

Workarounds

Restrict WordPress administrator access to trusted networks using IP allowlisting at the web server or WAF layer.
Require administrators to use isolated browser profiles or sessions when managing WordPress to reduce CSRF exposure.
Deploy a WAF rule that blocks state-changing requests to bubble-menu endpoints missing a valid WordPress nonce parameter.

bash

# Example WAF rule concept: block POST requests to Bubble Menu endpoints
# that do not include a _wpnonce parameter
SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "@streq POST" \
  "chain,deny,status:403,id:1024714,msg:'CVE-2025-24714 CSRF attempt'"
SecRule REQUEST_URI "@contains bubble-menu" \
  "chain"
SecRule &ARGS:_wpnonce "@eq 0"