CVE-2025-58014: Ays-pro Quiz Maker CSRF Vulnerability

CVE-2025-58014 Overview

CVE-2025-58014 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability [CWE-352] affecting the Ays Pro Quiz Maker plugin for WordPress. The flaw exists in all versions up to and including 6.7.0.64. An attacker can craft a malicious web page or link that, when visited by an authenticated user, triggers unintended state-changing actions in the plugin. The vulnerability requires user interaction and does not require attacker authentication.

Critical Impact
An attacker who convinces an authenticated administrator to visit a crafted page can perform unauthorized actions against the Quiz Maker plugin, resulting in limited integrity impact on affected WordPress sites.

Affected Products

Ays Pro Quiz Maker plugin for WordPress
All versions from n/a through 6.7.0.64
WordPress sites with the quiz-maker plugin installed and active

Discovery Timeline

2025-09-22 - CVE-2025-58014 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-58014

Vulnerability Analysis

The Ays Pro Quiz Maker plugin fails to validate the origin of state-changing HTTP requests. The plugin does not enforce anti-CSRF tokens (WordPress nonces) on one or more sensitive endpoints. An attacker can therefore forge requests that the victim's browser submits with the victim's active session cookies.

The vulnerability requires user interaction, meaning the victim must click a link or load attacker-controlled content while authenticated. Successful exploitation produces limited integrity impact with no direct confidentiality or availability consequences. The attack originates over the network and does not require prior authentication by the attacker.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing or improperly implemented CSRF protection [CWE-352] on plugin request handlers. WordPress provides wp_nonce_field() and check_admin_referer() functions for this purpose. The affected plugin versions do not consistently validate these tokens before executing privileged operations.

Attack Vector

An attacker hosts a malicious page containing an auto-submitting form or an image tag pointing to a vulnerable Quiz Maker endpoint. When an authenticated WordPress user, typically an administrator, visits the page, the browser sends the forged request with valid session cookies. The plugin processes the request as if it originated from a legitimate administrative action.

See the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for additional technical context.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-58014

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected modifications to quiz configurations, questions, or plugin settings without corresponding administrator actions in audit logs
HTTP POST or GET requests to quiz-maker plugin endpoints containing external Referer headers pointing to untrusted domains
Administrative actions logged from user sessions immediately after visiting external URLs

Detection Strategies

Monitor WordPress access logs for requests to wp-admin/admin.php?page=quiz-maker or admin-ajax.php endpoints with missing or invalid nonce parameters
Correlate administrator browsing activity with plugin configuration changes to identify time-adjacent suspicious sequences
Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to flag state-changing requests to Quiz Maker endpoints lacking a same-origin Referer header

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable WordPress audit logging plugins to capture all administrative changes to Quiz Maker configuration
Alert on any modifications to plugin settings performed outside of expected administrator working hours
Review browser-side security telemetry for administrator accounts visiting untrusted external sites while authenticated to WordPress

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-58014

Immediate Actions Required

Update the Ays Pro Quiz Maker plugin to a version later than 6.7.0.64 as soon as a patched release is available from the vendor
Restrict WordPress administrator accounts from browsing untrusted sites while authenticated to the admin dashboard
Enforce short session lifetimes and require reauthentication for sensitive plugin operations

Patch Information

The vulnerability affects Quiz Maker versions up to and including 6.7.0.64. Administrators should consult the Patchstack Vulnerability Report and the plugin vendor's changelog for the fixed release version.

Workarounds

Deploy a WAF rule that blocks requests to Quiz Maker administrative endpoints when the Referer header is absent or points to an external domain
Temporarily deactivate the Quiz Maker plugin if a patched version is not yet available and the plugin is not business-critical
Use browser isolation or dedicated administrative browsers for WordPress admin sessions to reduce cross-origin attack surface

bash

# Example WAF rule concept (ModSecurity) to block CSRF against quiz-maker endpoints
SecRule REQUEST_URI "@contains /wp-admin/admin.php" \
    "chain,phase:2,deny,status:403,id:1058014,msg:'Possible CSRF against Quiz Maker'"
    SecRule ARGS:page "@streq quiz-maker" "chain"
    SecRule &REQUEST_HEADERS:Referer "@eq 0"