CVE-2025-1764
Published: 14 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-1764 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 26.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-23 (Session Authenticity) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-1764 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, affecting the LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 3.3.1. The issue arises from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'custom_plugin_set_option' function, earning a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Published on 2025-03-14, it was publicly disclosed through standard CVE channels.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a site administrator into performing an action, such as clicking a malicious link, which forges a request to update arbitrary WordPress options. Attackers can leverage this to enable user registration and set the default role for new registrations to administrator, thereby gaining administrative access to the site. Exploitation requires the 'WPBRIGADE_SDK__DEV_MODE' constant to be set to 'true'.
Mitigation details are available in advisories and patches referenced in the CVE, including Wordfence threat intelligence at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9df6a2b4-2dc4-43dd-8282-5c05b0fa13f6?source=cve, the plugin's Trac changeset 3253283 at https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3253283/, and the plugin page at https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/loginpress/. Security practitioners should update the plugin and verify the absence of the required dev mode constant.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-6432
Vulnerability details
The LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'custom_plugin_set_option' function. This makes…
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it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site. The 'WPBRIGADE_SDK__DEV_MODE' constant must be set to 'true' to exploit the vulnerability.
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Why these techniques?
The CSRF vulnerability in the public-facing WordPress plugin is exploited by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link to forge requests that update options and enable admin registration.
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Mitigating Controls
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SC-23 requires mechanisms like CSRF tokens or nonces to protect session authenticity, directly mitigating the missing nonce validation that enables forged requests to update WordPress options.
SI-10 mandates validation of information inputs such as nonces in requests, preventing unauthenticated attackers from successfully forging requests to the vulnerable custom_plugin_set_option function.
SI-2 ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like the CSRF vulnerability in the LoginPress plugin, eliminating the exploit via patching.