CVE-2025-24538
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 Slava Abakumov BuddyPress Groups Extras buddypress-groups-extras allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects BuddyPress Groups Extras: from n/a through <= 3.6.10.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the BuddyPress Groups Extras WordPress plugin allows attackers to induce authenticated users to perform unintended state-changing actions (such as modifying group settings or content) by tricking them into submitting malicious requests.
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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
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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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Verify plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'BuddyPress Groups Extras' in the listAffected if The plugin 'BuddyPress Groups Extras' appears in the installed plugins list and is activated
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Check plugin versionClick 'View Details' on the BuddyPress Groups Extras plugin entry to display the installed version numberAffected if The installed version matches or falls within the affected version range (if known and provided)
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Identify state-changing group endpointsReview the plugin settings pages under Groups in the WordPress admin, and check for any front-end forms that modify group settings, add group content, or update group metadataAffected if Forms or AJAX endpoints exist that perform group-related state changes (modifying settings, adding content, updating metadata)
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Inspect forms for anti-CSRF protectionView the page source of group-related forms (create group, edit group settings, add group extras) and search for 'wpnonce' or 'nonce' hidden fields; verify that forms include a valid WordPress nonce fieldAffected if State-changing group forms lack a nonce field (wpnonce, _wpnonce, or similar) or the nonce verification is missing from the form handler code
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Check AJAX handlers for nonce verificationUse browser developer tools to inspect network requests when group features are used; examine the plugin PHP files for AJAX action handlers (wp_ajax_* hooks) and verify they call wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer()Affected if AJAX endpoints that modify group data do not perform nonce verification before processing requests
Your environment is affected if the BuddyPress Groups Extras plugin is installed and its group-related forms or AJAX endpoints lack proper WordPress nonce verification for CSRF protection.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all state-changing operations including forms and AJAX endpoints within the plugin to verify the request origin.
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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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