CVE-2025-47674 Overview
CVE-2025-47674 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Credova Financial WordPress plugin (credova-financial). The flaw impacts all plugin versions up to and including 2.5.0. An attacker can trick an authenticated user into submitting a forged request that performs unintended actions in the context of that user's session. The issue is classified under CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery. Exploitation requires user interaction, typically by luring a victim to a malicious page while authenticated to the target WordPress site.
Critical Impact
Successful exploitation allows unauthorized state-changing actions in the Credova Financial plugin through forged requests processed under the victim's authenticated session.
Affected Products
- Credova Financial credova-financial WordPress plugin — all versions through 2.5.0
- WordPress sites with the affected plugin installed and active
- Authenticated users whose sessions can be leveraged by forged cross-origin requests
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-05-07 - CVE-2025-47674 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-47674
Vulnerability Analysis
The Credova Financial WordPress plugin fails to enforce anti-CSRF protections on one or more state-changing endpoints. WordPress provides the wp_nonce_field() and check_admin_referer() primitives to mitigate CSRF, but the affected plugin versions do not consistently validate these tokens on sensitive requests. As a result, an attacker-controlled page can issue a cross-origin request that the victim's browser transmits with valid session cookies. The server processes the forged request as if it originated from the legitimate user. The vulnerability has limited integrity impact and no direct confidentiality or availability impact, according to the recorded CVSS metrics. The EPSS probability is 0.128%, reflecting a low likelihood of observed exploitation activity in the near term.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing or improperly validated CSRF tokens on plugin request handlers. WordPress plugin developers must attach a nonce to sensitive forms and verify it server-side using check_admin_referer() or wp_verify_nonce(). In credova-financial versions through 2.5.0, this control is absent or bypassable on affected actions, allowing forged requests to succeed.
Attack Vector
An attacker crafts a malicious HTML page containing a form or JavaScript that auto-submits a request to the vulnerable plugin endpoint on the target WordPress site. The attacker then lures an authenticated administrator or user to visit the page through phishing, malvertising, or a compromised third-party site. Because the browser automatically attaches WordPress session cookies to cross-origin requests, the plugin executes the action under the victim's identity. No credentials or privileges are required from the attacker directly. The Credova Financial plugin does not verify request origin or a per-session nonce, so the forged request completes successfully. Refer to the Patchstack Vulnerability Advisory for additional technical detail.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-47674
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected configuration or content changes in the Credova Financial plugin settings without corresponding admin activity in access logs.
- Referer headers in web server logs pointing to unfamiliar external domains for requests targeting credova-financial endpoints.
- Plugin actions initiated immediately after an administrator visits an unrelated external URL.
Detection Strategies
- Review WordPress access logs for POST requests to credova-financial handlers that lack an internal Referer or contain third-party origins.
- Enable WordPress audit logging plugins to track plugin option changes and correlate them with administrator browsing activity.
- Inspect wp_options and plugin-specific tables for unauthorized modifications after users visit untrusted sites.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Alert on cross-origin POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or /wp-admin/admin-post.php with action parameters tied to the Credova Financial plugin.
- Monitor administrator sessions for anomalous state changes correlated to phishing or suspicious email activity.
- Track plugin version inventory across managed WordPress sites to identify installations still running 2.5.0 or earlier.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-47674
Immediate Actions Required
- Update the Credova Financial plugin to a version later than 2.5.0 once the vendor publishes a patched release.
- If no patched version is available, deactivate and remove the credova-financial plugin until a fix ships.
- Instruct administrators to log out of WordPress sessions when browsing external sites and to use dedicated browsers or profiles for admin work.
Patch Information
At the time of publication, the vendor advisory tracked by Patchstack lists all versions up to and including 2.5.0 as affected. Administrators should consult the Patchstack advisory and the WordPress plugin repository for updated release notes and install the latest fixed version when available.
Workarounds
- Deploy a web application firewall (WAF) rule that blocks requests to plugin endpoints when the Referer or Origin header does not match the site's own domain.
- Restrict administrative access to trusted IP ranges via .htaccess or reverse-proxy rules to reduce the exposed attack surface.
- Use browser isolation or a separate admin browser profile to prevent CSRF payloads on unrelated sites from reaching authenticated WordPress sessions.
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