Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Weakness · CWE-352

CVE-2025-23430

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-01-16
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Oren Yomtov Mass Custom Fields Manager mass-custom-fields-manager allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Mass Custom Fields Manager: from n/a through <= 1.5.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Mass Custom Fields Manager plugin enables attackers to craft malicious requests that, when triggered by an authenticated administrator, result in Reflected XSS. The lack of proper CSRF token validation on form actions allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript through crafted links or embedded forms.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all state-changing actions and properly encode output to prevent reflected XSS execution.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Verify Mass Custom Fields Manager plugin is installed
    Navigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for the mass-custom-fields-manager folder
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active
  2. Identify the installed plugin version
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > Mass Custom Fields Manager and note the version number displayed, or check the plugin's main PHP file for the 'Version' header in the plugin comments
    Affected if The version cannot be confirmed as patched or is within an affected range (if known)
  3. Inspect form actions for CSRF token presence
    View page source of the plugin's admin pages containing forms (especially settings or field management forms). Look for input fields with names like 'nonce', '_wpnonce', 'security', or similar token fields. Check if forms submit to admin-post.php or custom AJAX handlers.
    Affected if Forms lack CSRF token (nonce) input fields or the tokens are not validated server-side
  4. Verify admin session is active
    Confirm you are logged into WordPress as an administrator user with access to the Mass Custom Fields Manager plugin settings
    Affected if An authenticated administrator session exists (required for the CSRF attack to execute)
  5. Test for reflected XSS in form submissions
    Submit a test form with a benign payload like '<script>alert(1)</script>' in a custom field name or value parameter. If the input is reflected back without encoding in the response, the XSS vector exists.
    Affected if User-supplied input is reflected unescaped in the plugin's response pages

If the Mass Custom Fields Manager plugin is active, forms lack CSRF tokens, and the plugin reflects user input without encoding, then the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2025-23430.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all state-changing actions and properly encode output to prevent reflected XSS execution.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
9.0 hours of engineering $1,600
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