CVE-2025-49965 Overview
CVE-2025-49965 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Oganro PixelBeds Channel Manager and Hotel Booking Engine plugin for WordPress. The flaw affects all versions of pixelbeds-channel-manager-booking-engine up to and including version 1.0. An attacker can trick an authenticated user into submitting forged requests that trigger unintended actions in the plugin. The issue is tracked under CWE-352 and requires user interaction to succeed.
Critical Impact
Successful exploitation allows an attacker to perform unauthorized state-changing actions on behalf of an authenticated WordPress user, resulting in limited integrity impact on the affected site.
Affected Products
- Oganro PixelBeds Channel Manager and Hotel Booking Engine plugin for WordPress
- Plugin slug pixelbeds-channel-manager-booking-engine
- All versions from n/a through <= 1.0
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-06-20 - CVE-2025-49965 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-49965
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the PixelBeds Channel Manager and Hotel Booking Engine plugin. The plugin exposes state-changing endpoints that do not adequately verify the origin or intent of incoming HTTP requests. An attacker can craft a malicious web page or link that submits a forged request to a vulnerable endpoint. If a logged-in WordPress user visits the attacker-controlled page, the browser automatically attaches the user's authentication cookies to the forged request. The plugin then processes the request as if it were a legitimate action initiated by the user.
The attack requires user interaction, such as clicking a link or loading a page containing the attacker's payload. Exploitation is possible across the network without prior authentication of the attacker. Confidentiality and availability are unaffected, while integrity impact is limited to the actions exposed by the vulnerable endpoints.
Root Cause
The root cause is the absence or improper validation of anti-CSRF tokens, specifically the WordPress nonce mechanism (wp_nonce_field and check_admin_referer). Without a valid, request-specific token tied to the user's session, the plugin cannot distinguish between requests initiated deliberately by an authenticated user and forged requests originating from an external site.
Attack Vector
An attacker hosts a malicious page containing an auto-submitting form or JavaScript that targets a vulnerable plugin endpoint. When a WordPress administrator or privileged user with an active session visits this page, the browser sends the forged request with the user's cookies. The plugin executes the requested action under the victim's identity. Additional technical details are available in the Patchstack advisory for the PixelBeds plugin.
No public exploit or proof-of-concept code has been verified for this vulnerability at the time of writing.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-49965
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected configuration changes or booking data modifications in the PixelBeds plugin without corresponding administrator activity in the WordPress audit log.
- HTTP POST or GET requests to PixelBeds plugin endpoints containing an external Referer header or missing the expected WordPress nonce parameter.
- Administrator sessions initiating plugin actions immediately after visiting external, untrusted URLs.
Detection Strategies
- Inspect web server access logs for requests to wp-admin/admin-post.php or wp-admin/admin-ajax.php targeting pixelbeds-channel-manager-booking-engine actions with anomalous Referer values.
- Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule that blocks state-changing requests to the plugin lacking a valid _wpnonce parameter.
- Correlate WordPress user activity logs with plugin configuration change events to identify actions that occurred without an interactive administrator workflow.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable a WordPress audit logging plugin to record all administrative actions, plugin setting changes, and booking modifications.
- Alert on outbound clicks from administrator accounts followed by immediate plugin state changes.
- Monitor for repeated failed nonce validation errors, which may indicate probing for CSRF weaknesses.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-49965
Immediate Actions Required
- Deactivate and remove the PixelBeds Channel Manager and Hotel Booking Engine plugin if a patched version is not available for your environment.
- Restrict WordPress administrator accounts from browsing untrusted websites in the same browser session used to manage the site.
- Enforce short session lifetimes and require re-authentication for sensitive administrative actions.
Patch Information
As of the last NVD update on 2026-06-17, no fixed version has been published for the PixelBeds Channel Manager and Hotel Booking Engine plugin. All releases up to and including 1.0 remain vulnerable. Monitor the Patchstack advisory and the vendor's plugin page for updates.
Workarounds
- Place the WordPress admin area behind IP allowlisting or a VPN to limit exposure of authenticated sessions to attacker-controlled pages.
- Configure a WAF to enforce presence of the _wpnonce parameter and a same-origin Referer on requests to plugin endpoints.
- Apply the SameSite=Strict attribute to WordPress authentication cookies to prevent cross-site cookie transmission.
# Example WAF rule (ModSecurity) blocking plugin requests without a nonce
SecRule REQUEST_URI "@contains pixelbeds-channel-manager-booking-engine" \
"chain,phase:2,deny,status:403,id:1009965,msg:'CVE-2025-49965 CSRF block'"
SecRule &ARGS:_wpnonce "@eq 0"
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