CVE-2025-26925 Overview
CVE-2025-26925 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Required Admin Menu Manager WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions from initial release through 1.0.3. An attacker can trick an authenticated administrator into submitting forged requests that perform unintended actions in the plugin's admin interface. Exploitation requires user interaction, typically by luring a logged-in administrator to a malicious page. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-352 and carries a low integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability effects.
Critical Impact
Successful exploitation lets remote attackers force authenticated administrators to perform state-changing actions in the Admin Menu Manager plugin without their consent.
Affected Products
- Required Admin Menu Manager plugin for WordPress
- All versions from n/a through 1.0.3
- WordPress sites where the plugin is installed and active
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-02-26 - CVE-2025-26925 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-26925
Vulnerability Analysis
The Admin Menu Manager plugin fails to validate the origin of state-changing HTTP requests. WordPress plugins typically defend against CSRF using nonce tokens generated by wp_create_nonce() and verified with check_admin_referer() or wp_verify_nonce(). When these checks are missing or improperly implemented, any authenticated session can be abused by a third-party site to submit requests on the user's behalf.
An attacker crafts a malicious webpage containing an HTML form or JavaScript that targets the plugin's admin endpoints. When a logged-in WordPress administrator visits the page, the browser automatically attaches session cookies to the outbound request. The server processes the request as legitimate because it cannot distinguish forged requests from genuine ones.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing or insufficient CSRF token validation on privileged plugin actions. The plugin accepts administrative requests without confirming they originated from the WordPress admin UI. This maps directly to CWE-352, Cross-Site Request Forgery.
Attack Vector
Exploitation is network-based and requires user interaction. The attacker must convince an authenticated administrator to visit an attacker-controlled URL or open a malicious email while their WordPress session is active. No credentials, elevated privileges, or prior access to the target site are required from the attacker. The impact is limited to integrity changes exposed by the plugin's admin functionality, with no direct data exfiltration or denial-of-service outcome.
Refer to the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for additional technical context.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-26925
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected changes to admin menu configuration or plugin settings without corresponding user activity in audit logs
- HTTP POST or GET requests to Admin Menu Manager endpoints with Referer headers pointing to external domains
- Administrator sessions showing plugin configuration changes shortly after visiting untrusted external sites
Detection Strategies
- Review web server access logs for cross-origin requests to WordPress admin endpoints associated with the plugin
- Correlate administrator browsing activity with configuration change events in WordPress audit logs
- Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule that inspects Referer and Origin headers on plugin admin routes
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable a WordPress audit logging plugin to capture all administrative configuration changes with user attribution
- Alert on plugin setting modifications occurring outside normal administrative workflows or business hours
- Monitor for administrator accounts loading external resources immediately before privileged actions
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-26925
Immediate Actions Required
- Deactivate the Admin Menu Manager plugin until a patched version is available and confirmed installed
- Instruct administrators to log out of WordPress when not actively managing the site
- Require administrators to use a dedicated browser or browser profile for WordPress admin tasks
Patch Information
At the time of publication, no fixed version is listed in the enriched CVE data. All versions through 1.0.3 remain affected. Monitor the Patchstack Vulnerability Report and the plugin repository for an official update, then apply it promptly.
Workarounds
- Remove or disable the plugin on all affected WordPress installations
- Enforce SameSite cookie attributes on WordPress session cookies to reduce cross-site request delivery
- Deploy WAF rules that block requests to plugin admin endpoints lacking a valid same-origin Referer header
- Restrict WordPress admin access to trusted IP ranges via web server or reverse proxy configuration
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