CVE-2025-30531: WP Ride Booking CSRF Vulnerability

CVE-2025-30531 Overview

CVE-2025-30531 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability [CWE-352] affecting the GBS Developer WP Ride Booking plugin for WordPress. The flaw exists in all versions up to and including 2.4. An attacker can craft a malicious web page that, when visited by an authenticated WordPress user, submits forged requests to the plugin without the user's consent. The vulnerability enables limited integrity impact but does not expose confidential data or disrupt availability. Exploitation requires user interaction, such as clicking a link or loading attacker-controlled content while authenticated to the target site.

Critical Impact
Attackers can trigger unauthorized state-changing actions in the WP Ride Booking plugin by luring authenticated WordPress users to malicious content.

Affected Products

GBS Developer WP Ride Booking plugin for WordPress
All versions from n/a through 2.4
WordPress sites with the plugin installed and active

Discovery Timeline

2025-03-24 - CVE-2025-30531 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-30531

Vulnerability Analysis

The WP Ride Booking plugin fails to validate the origin of state-changing HTTP requests. The plugin does not enforce WordPress nonce verification via wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer() on sensitive endpoints. This omission allows a remote attacker to forge requests that execute in the context of an authenticated user's session.

The vulnerability is exploitable over the network without prior authentication on the attacker's side. However, successful exploitation requires the victim to be authenticated to the vulnerable WordPress installation and to interact with attacker-controlled content. The scope of impact is limited to unauthorized modifications to plugin data or configuration accessible to the victim's role.

The EPSS score indicates a low probability of exploitation activity in the near term, consistent with CSRF flaws in low-deployment plugins.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing anti-CSRF token validation on request handlers exposed by the plugin. WordPress provides nonce APIs specifically to prevent this class of flaw, but the affected code paths process requests without validating any _wpnonce parameter or verifying the Origin and Referer headers.

Attack Vector

An attacker hosts a malicious page containing a hidden HTML form or JavaScript fetch() call targeting the vulnerable endpoint. When an authenticated WP Ride Booking administrator or user visits the page, the browser automatically attaches session cookies. The request executes with the victim's privileges. The vulnerability mechanism is described in the Patchstack WordPress Vulnerability Advisory.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-30531

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected changes to WP Ride Booking configuration, bookings, or plugin settings without corresponding admin activity in WordPress logs.
HTTP POST requests to plugin endpoints containing Referer headers pointing to external, non-trusted domains.
Administrative actions originating from user sessions immediately following visits to unfamiliar external URLs.

Detection Strategies

Inspect WordPress access logs for state-changing requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or plugin-specific endpoints that lack a _wpnonce parameter.
Correlate browser history or proxy logs from administrator workstations with plugin modifications to identify off-site request origins.
Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to alert on cross-origin POST requests to WordPress admin endpoints.

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable WordPress audit logging plugins to capture administrative actions with source IP and referrer metadata.
Monitor for anomalous booking data modifications outside expected business hours or from unusual client fingerprints.
Review plugin update and configuration change events for unauthorized activity.

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-30531

Immediate Actions Required

Deactivate the WP Ride Booking plugin until a patched version is confirmed available and installed.
Instruct WordPress administrators to log out of the admin console when not actively managing the site to reduce session exposure.
Restrict administrative access to trusted IP addresses using web server or WAF rules.

Patch Information

At the time of NVD publication, no fixed version is listed for versions through 2.4. Site operators should consult the Patchstack WordPress Vulnerability Advisory for updated remediation guidance and apply any vendor-released patch as soon as it becomes available.

Workarounds

Uninstall the WP Ride Booking plugin if the booking functionality is not business-critical.
Configure browser session isolation for WordPress administrators, using dedicated browsers or profiles for admin tasks.
Deploy a WAF ruleset that enforces same-origin Referer and Origin header validation for all /wp-admin/ and admin-ajax.php requests.
Require re-authentication for sensitive admin operations by shortening WordPress session cookie lifetimes.

bash

# Example WAF rule (ModSecurity) to block cross-origin admin requests
SecRule REQUEST_URI "@rx /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" \
  "id:1009001,phase:1,deny,status:403,\
   chain,msg:'Cross-origin WP admin request blocked'"
  SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:Referer "!@beginsWith https://your-site.example.com" "t:none"