CVE-2025-24724
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 Wow-Company Side Menu Lite side-menu-lite allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Side Menu Lite: from n/a through <= 5.3.1.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Wow-Company Side Menu Lite WordPress plugin (versions up to 5.3.1). The plugin fails to properly validate anti-CSRF tokens on state-changing operations, allowing authenticated administrators to be tricked into executing unintended actions (such as modifying menu settings) via maliciously crafted requests from other sites.
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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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Identify installed plugin versionAccess WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins > Installed Plugins, locate 'Side Menu Lite' by Wow-Company, and note the version number displayed. Alternatively, inspect the main plugin file (typically /wp-content/plugins/side-menu-lite/side-menu-lite.php) and look for the 'Version:' header comment.Affected if Version listed is 5.3.1 or lower (any version up to and including 5.3.1 is affected)
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Confirm vulnerable version rangeCompare the installed version against the affected range: any version up to and including 5.3.1 is vulnerable. Versions higher than 5.3.1 would indicate the fix has been applied.Affected if Installed version is 5.3.1 or earlier, indicating the plugin lacks proper anti-CSRF token validation
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Inspect form submissions for nonce validationExamine the plugin PHP files for forms that modify menu settings (such as save, update, or configuration forms). Look for the presence of wp_nonce_field() calls generating nonce tokens and corresponding wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer() calls during form processing.Affected if Forms that modify plugin settings are found to be missing nonce token generation (wp_nonce_field) or validation (wp_verify_nonce/check_admin_referer)
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Inspect AJAX handlers for nonce verificationSearch plugin PHP files for AJAX action hooks (add_action('wp_ajax_...')) that handle state-changing operations. Verify whether these handlers include nonce verification using check_ajax_referer() or wp_verify_nonce() before processing requests.Affected if AJAX handlers that modify plugin settings or menu configurations lack nonce verification logic
A user is affected if the Wow-Company Side Menu Lite plugin is installed with version 5.3.1 or lower AND inspection of the plugin code reveals missing nonce validation on forms or AJAX actions that modify settings.
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 nonce tokens (wp_nonce_field/verify_nonce) on all forms and AJAX actions that modify plugin settings, and validate the nonce before processing any state-changing requests. Additionally, implement SameSite cookie attributes and check HTTP Referer headers as defense-in-depth.
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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.
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- 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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