CVE-2025-58878: WooCommerce Gifts Product CSRF Vulnerability

CVE-2025-58878 Overview

CVE-2025-58878 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the usamafarooq Woocommerce Gifts Product WordPress plugin (woo-gift-product). The issue affects all versions up to and including 1.0.0. An attacker can trick an authenticated WordPress administrator into performing unintended state-changing actions on the target site. Exploitation requires user interaction, such as clicking a crafted link or visiting a malicious page while authenticated. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery.

Critical Impact
Successful exploitation allows attackers to alter plugin state or WooCommerce gift configurations on behalf of a logged-in administrator, resulting in a high integrity impact on the target site.

Affected Products

WordPress plugin woo-gift-product (Woocommerce Gifts Product) by usamafarooq
All versions from n/a through <= 1.0.0
WordPress sites running WooCommerce with this plugin installed

Discovery Timeline

2025-09-05 - CVE-2025-58878 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-58878

Vulnerability Analysis

The plugin fails to validate the origin of state-changing HTTP requests. It does not verify a WordPress nonce (wp_verify_nonce) or check the request Referer before executing privileged actions. An attacker who convinces an authenticated administrator to load an attacker-controlled page can trigger requests that the plugin processes with the victim's session cookies. Because the flaw affects integrity rather than confidentiality, attackers can modify plugin data but do not directly read protected content. The Patchstack advisory categorizes this as a standard CSRF flaw in a WooCommerce extension plugin. See the Patchstack CSRF Vulnerability Report for the vendor advisory.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing CSRF protection on privileged plugin endpoints. WordPress provides wp_nonce_field() and check_admin_referer() to defend against forged requests, but the plugin does not consistently apply these primitives. Requests submitted from a foreign origin are accepted as long as the browser attaches the administrator's WordPress session cookie.

Attack Vector

Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress administrator to interact with attacker-controlled content while their session is active. The attacker hosts a page containing an auto-submitting form or image tag that issues a request to a vulnerable plugin endpoint on the victim's site. When the browser sends the request, WordPress attaches session cookies and the plugin executes the action. No prior privileges are needed by the attacker, and the network attack vector allows delivery via phishing links, comments, or third-party sites.

No public proof-of-concept exploit code is currently available. Refer to the vendor advisory for technical specifics about the vulnerable endpoints.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-58878

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected changes to WooCommerce gift product configurations or plugin settings without corresponding admin activity in logs
HTTP POST requests to wp-admin endpoints associated with the woo-gift-product plugin containing a Referer header pointing to an external domain
Administrator sessions performing state-changing actions immediately after clicking external links or opening unsolicited email content

Detection Strategies

Inspect web server access logs for requests to plugin handlers that lack a valid _wpnonce parameter
Correlate WordPress admin activity with browser referrer data to identify requests originating from unknown third-party domains
Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to flag POST requests to woo-gift-product endpoints missing nonce parameters

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable WordPress audit logging to record administrator-initiated configuration changes and user actions
Forward WordPress and web server logs to a centralized SIEM for correlation and long-term retention
Alert on out-of-hours administrative changes to plugin settings, particularly for the woo-gift-product plugin

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-58878

Immediate Actions Required

Deactivate and remove the woo-gift-product plugin until a patched version is released by the vendor
Audit recent plugin configuration changes and administrator activity for signs of unauthorized modification
Rotate WordPress administrator credentials and invalidate active sessions if compromise is suspected
Instruct administrators to log out of the WordPress dashboard before browsing untrusted sites

Patch Information

At the time of publication, no patched version is listed for the woo-gift-product plugin. The advisory states the vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.0.0. Monitor the Patchstack advisory and the plugin's WordPress.org page for a security update.

Workarounds

Restrict access to /wp-admin/ using IP allowlisting at the web server or WAF layer
Enforce SameSite=Lax or SameSite=Strict on WordPress session cookies to block cross-origin cookie transmission
Require re-authentication for administrator accounts before executing sensitive actions
Deploy a WAF rule that rejects requests to WordPress admin endpoints without a valid _wpnonce value

bash

# Example nginx configuration to restrict wp-admin access by IP
location ^~ /wp-admin/ {
    allow 203.0.113.10;
    allow 198.51.100.0/24;
    deny all;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}