CVE-2025-23821
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in aleapp WP Cookies Alert wp-cookies-alert allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects WP Cookies Alert: from n/a through <= 1.1.1.
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 · high confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Cookies Alert WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly executing unwanted actions (such as modifying plugin settings) by leveraging the absence of anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) in the plugin's form submissions and AJAX handlers.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm WP Cookies Alert plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and locate 'WP Cookies Alert' in the list of installed pluginsAffected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Identify installed plugin versionClick on the plugin in the Plugins list to view version details, or check the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/cookies-alert/cookies-alert.php for the 'Version' commentAffected if Version is present and matches any known vulnerable version of this plugin
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Inspect plugin forms for nonce fieldsView the source code of the plugin admin pages (cookies-alert.php or related files in the plugin directory) and search for 'wp_nonce_field' or '_wpnonce' in form definitionsAffected if Form submissions lack wp_nonce_field calls or nonce parameter validation
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Check AJAX handlers for nonce verificationSearch the plugin source for 'add_action' calls registering AJAX endpoints (wp_ajax_), then verify each handler contains 'check_ajax_referer' or 'wp_verify_nonce' before processingAffected if AJAX handlers do not call check_ajax_referer or wp_verify_nonce
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Verify settings update endpoints for nonce validationExamine any admin-post.php or admin-ajax.php handlers that process plugin settings saves, checking if they validate nonces before updating optionsAffected if Settings update actions skip nonce verification
A user is affected if the WP Cookies Alert plugin is installed and its form submissions or AJAX handlers lack WordPress nonce verification, allowing CSRF attacks on authenticated administrators.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataAdd WordPress nonces to all form actions and AJAX endpoints in the plugin, verify nonces server-side before processing requests, and implement referer header validation to ensure requests originate from the legitimate site.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-23821 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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