CVE-2025-47597 Overview
CVE-2025-47597 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability [CWE-352] affecting the Maulik Vora WP Podcasts Manager plugin for WordPress. The flaw impacts all versions up to and including 1.3. An attacker can craft a malicious web request that, when triggered by an authenticated administrator visiting a hostile page, performs unintended state-changing actions on the WordPress site. The vulnerability requires user interaction and no privileges from the attacker, exposing plugin functionality to unauthorized modification.
Critical Impact
Successful exploitation allows attackers to trigger unauthorized plugin actions in the context of an authenticated WordPress user, resulting in limited integrity impact on affected sites.
Affected Products
- Maulik Vora WP Podcasts Manager plugin for WordPress
- All versions from n/a through 1.3
- WordPress sites with the wp-podcasts-manager plugin installed and active
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-05-07 - CVE-2025-47597 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-47597
Vulnerability Analysis
The WP Podcasts Manager 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. As a result, requests originating from external domains are processed as if they came from the site's own administrative interface. An attacker abuses the trust the WordPress application places in the authenticated session cookie of the victim's browser.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing anti-CSRF protection on plugin handlers that modify server-side state. WordPress provides a nonce mechanism specifically to bind requests to a user session, but the affected handlers in versions up to 1.3 do not consume or validate that token. This aligns with CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery. Detailed exploitation context is available in the Patchstack WP Podcasts Manager Vulnerability advisory.
Attack Vector
An attacker hosts a page containing an auto-submitting form or an image tag targeting a vulnerable plugin endpoint on the victim's WordPress site. The attacker lures an authenticated administrator to visit that page through phishing or a watering-hole link. The victim's browser automatically attaches valid WordPress session cookies to the outbound request. The plugin processes the request as legitimate, altering plugin data without the administrator's consent.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-47597
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected changes to WP Podcasts Manager plugin settings, feeds, or podcast entries with no corresponding administrator activity in audit logs.
- HTTP POST requests to wp-admin/admin.php or plugin action endpoints containing a Referer header from an external, untrusted domain.
- Administrator accounts submitting plugin write actions immediately after clicking an inbound external link recorded in browser or proxy logs.
Detection Strategies
- Inspect web server access logs for state-changing requests to wp-podcasts-manager endpoints that lack a _wpnonce parameter or contain cross-origin Referer values.
- Correlate WordPress audit-log entries against expected administrator workflows to surface anomalous plugin configuration changes.
- Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule that flags plugin POST requests missing valid nonce tokens.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable WordPress activity logging plugins to capture all administrator-initiated plugin state changes with timestamps and source IP.
- Monitor outbound browser telemetry from administrator workstations for redirects to unknown domains preceding admin sessions.
- Alert on modifications to wp_options rows and plugin-specific database tables outside of scheduled maintenance windows.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-47597
Immediate Actions Required
- Deactivate the WP Podcasts Manager plugin on all WordPress instances until a patched version is confirmed and installed.
- Restrict WordPress administrative access to trusted IP ranges via web server or WAF rules to reduce exposure to CSRF lures.
- Require administrators to log out of the WordPress admin console when browsing untrusted content, or use a dedicated browser profile for administration.
Patch Information
At the time of publication, the enriched CVE data lists affected versions through 1.3 and does not confirm a fixed release. Consult the Patchstack WP Podcasts Manager Vulnerability advisory and the plugin's WordPress.org listing for the latest patched version, and apply it as soon as it becomes available.
Workarounds
- Remove the wp-podcasts-manager plugin directory entirely if podcast functionality is not business-critical.
- Deploy a WAF or WordPress security plugin that enforces SameSite=Lax or SameSite=Strict cookies on the wordpress_logged_in session cookie.
- Enforce administrator use of unique browser sessions or containerized profiles for WordPress management to reduce cross-site cookie exposure.
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