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

CVE-2025-24289

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.0 Published 2025-06-29
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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82/100
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
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the UCRM Client Signup Plugin (v1.3.4 and earlier) could allow privilege escalation if an Administrator is tricked into visiting a crafted malicious page. The plugin is disabled by default.

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

A CSRF-to-XSS chain in UCRM Client Signup Plugin allows an attacker to trick an authenticated Administrator into executing malicious JavaScript by visiting a crafted page, potentially achieving privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists because the plugin lacks proper CSRF protection, enabling attackers to forge requests that trigger persistent XSS.

MitigationKeep the plugin disabled unless explicitly required; if enabled, update to a patched version once available and implement anti-CSRF tokens with proper output encoding. Given the plugin is disabled by default, prioritize verifying disabled status across deployments.

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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
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 if UCRM Client Signup Plugin is installed
    Locate the plugin in the UCRM plugin directory or admin panel plugin list. Check for files named 'client-signup', 'signup-plugin', or similar in the plugins folder.
    Affected if The plugin files are present on the system
  2. Check if the Client Signup Plugin is enabled
    In UCRM admin panel, navigate to Plugins or Settings > Plugins. Verify the status/checkbox for the Client Signup Plugin.
    Affected if The plugin shows as enabled, active, or installed with status 'active'
  3. Confirm admin authentication configuration
    Review admin session settings and verify if admin accounts exist and have active sessions that could be exploited via CSRF.
    Affected if Authenticated administrator accounts are present and the plugin is enabled

If the UCRM Client Signup Plugin is installed AND enabled with authenticated admin users present, the environment is vulnerable to the CSRF-to-XSS chain described in this CVE.

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

Keep the plugin disabled unless explicitly required; if enabled, update to a patched version once available and implement anti-CSRF tokens with proper output encoding. Given the plugin is disabled by default, prioritize verifying disabled status across deployments.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation3.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
8.0 hours of engineering $1,420
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