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

CVE-2025-24713

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-01-24
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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61/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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 Wow-Company Button Generator – easily Button Builder button-generation allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Button Generator – easily Button Builder: from n/a through <= 3.1.1.

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 · moderate confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Wow-Company Button Generator WordPress plugin allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into generating or modifying button configurations via maliciously crafted requests.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF nonce verification on all form submissions and AJAX endpoints within the plugin, add Origin/Referer header validation, and update to the patched version when available.

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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 checks

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  1. Verify plugin installation and activation status
    Log into WordPress admin panel, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and locate 'Wow-Company Button Generator' or 'Button Generator - Best Button Generator' in the list
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active in the WordPress environment
  2. Identify installed plugin version
    In WordPress plugins list, click on the plugin name to view details, or access the plugin files via FTP/file manager and read the main PHP file header for the 'Version' tag
    Affected if The installed version falls within any known vulnerable version range (compare to official WordPress repository release notes)
  3. Inspect form handlers for nonce verification
    Access plugin directory (wp-content/plugins/button-generator-wow or similar), locate PHP files handling form submissions (typically in admin/class-*.php or includes/*.php), search for 'wp_nonce_field' or 'wp_verify_nonce' function calls within form processing code
    Affected if Form handling code lacks nonce verification logic (missing wp_nonce_field in forms and missing wp_verify_nonce in processing handlers)
  4. Check AJAX endpoint protection
    Locate AJAX action handlers in plugin files (search for 'add_action.*wp_ajax'), examine whether each handler verifies nonce via 'check_ajax_referer' or 'wp_verify_nonce' before processing requests
    Affected if AJAX endpoints do not validate nonces before executing button configuration changes

A user is affected if the Wow-Company Button Generator plugin is installed and its version lacks anti-CSRF nonce protection in form submissions and AJAX endpoints.

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 nonce verification on all form submissions and AJAX endpoints within the plugin, add Origin/Referer header validation, and update to the patched version when available.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
12.0 hours of engineering $2,110
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