CVE-2025-39546: ElementsReady Addons CSRF Vulnerability

CVE-2025-39546 Overview

CVE-2025-39546 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the quomodosoft ElementsReady Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin (element-ready-lite). The flaw affects all plugin versions up to and including 6.6.2. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery and requires user interaction to exploit. An attacker can trick an authenticated user into submitting a forged request to perform unauthorized state-changing actions within the plugin.

Critical Impact
An attacker who convinces an authenticated WordPress user to visit a malicious page can trigger unauthorized actions in the plugin, resulting in a limited integrity impact on the affected site.

Affected Products

quomodosoft ElementsReady Addons for Elementor (element-ready-lite)
All versions from initial release through 6.6.2
WordPress sites with the plugin installed and activated

Discovery Timeline

2025-04-16 - CVE-2025-39546 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-39546

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability stems from missing or improperly validated anti-CSRF tokens within the ElementsReady Addons for Elementor plugin. WordPress plugins typically enforce request authenticity through nonce values verified via wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer(). When these controls are absent or inadequate, attackers can craft third-party requests that the victim's browser submits with their active WordPress session cookies.

The EPSS score is 0.19% with a percentile of 8.825, indicating a low probability of near-term mass exploitation. However, targeted attacks against administrators remain feasible when combined with social engineering. The attack requires user interaction, so the victim must visit an attacker-controlled page or click a malicious link.

Root Cause

The root cause is the absence of proper request origin validation on one or more plugin endpoints. Without nonce verification, the plugin cannot distinguish between legitimate requests originating from its own admin interface and forged requests initiated by external sites. This is a classic [CWE-352] pattern in WordPress plugin code.

Attack Vector

Exploitation follows a standard CSRF pattern. An attacker hosts a malicious HTML page containing an auto-submitting form or image tag that targets a vulnerable plugin endpoint. A logged-in WordPress user, typically an administrator, visits the page while authenticated. The browser attaches the WordPress session cookies to the forged request, and the plugin processes the action as legitimate. The impact is limited to integrity (CVSS I:L) with no direct confidentiality or availability effects.

No verified public proof-of-concept code has been published. Technical details are described in the Patchstack WordPress Vulnerability Report.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-39546

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected changes to plugin configuration or Elementor widget settings without corresponding admin activity in access logs
HTTP POST or GET requests to plugin endpoints with Referer headers pointing to external, untrusted domains
Administrator sessions submitting plugin actions immediately after visiting non-WordPress URLs

Detection Strategies

Review WordPress access logs for requests to element-ready-lite plugin endpoints containing an off-site Referer header
Correlate WordPress audit log entries with browser history or web proxy logs to identify forged submissions
Deploy a web application firewall (WAF) rule that flags state-changing requests to plugin paths lacking a valid nonce parameter

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable a WordPress activity logging plugin to capture administrator actions with source IP and referer context
Monitor for anomalous configuration changes in Elementor and ElementsReady widget settings
Alert on any administrator account performing plugin actions from unusual user-agent strings or IP addresses

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-39546

Immediate Actions Required

Upgrade ElementsReady Addons for Elementor to a version later than 6.6.2 once the vendor publishes a fixed release
If no patched version is available, deactivate and remove the plugin from production WordPress sites
Instruct administrators to log out of WordPress when not actively managing the site to reduce session exposure

Patch Information

At the time of the last NVD update on 2026-06-17, no fixed version is enumerated in the CVE record. Consult the Patchstack advisory and the plugin's WordPress.org page for the latest release status.

Workarounds

Restrict access to the WordPress admin interface (/wp-admin/) by IP allowlist through the web server or a WAF
Enforce SameSite=Lax or SameSite=Strict cookie attributes for WordPress authentication cookies to blunt cross-origin request delivery
Require administrators to use dedicated browser profiles or sessions for WordPress management, isolating admin sessions from general browsing

bash

# Example nginx configuration to restrict wp-admin by IP
location ~ ^/wp-admin/ {
    allow 203.0.113.0/24;
    deny all;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}