CVE-2025-25075
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 Venugopal Show notice or message on admin area show-notice-or-message-on-admin-area allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Show notice or message on admin area: from n/a through <= 2.0.
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 'Show notice or message on admin area' WordPress plugin allows authenticated administrators to be tricked via forged requests into storing malicious JavaScript code, resulting in Stored XSS that executes in the admin area.
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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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Locate the plugin filesCheck your WordPress installation under wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'show-notice-on-admin' or similar. Also check wp-content/plugins/ for any plugin with 'notice' or 'message' in the name that claims to display admin notices or messages.Affected if The plugin folder exists in the plugins directory
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Identify the plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually named similarly to the plugin folder) and locate the version comment or header defined as 'Version:' or 'Version number:'. Compare this to the affected version ranges for CVE-2025-25075.Affected if The installed version falls within the vulnerable version range and has not been patched
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Verify admin access to plugin settingsLog in to the WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to the plugin settings page (usually under Settings or a dedicated menu item). Confirm the page loads and allows creating or editing notices/messages.Affected if The plugin settings page is accessible and functional in the admin area
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Check for nonced form actionsInspect the HTML source of the plugin's admin form (where notices are created/edited). Look for a hidden input field containing 'wpnonce' or '_wpnonce' and verify that a nonce field is present in the form submission.Affected if The form lacks a valid WordPress nonce field (wpnonce or _wpnonce), indicating missing CSRF protection
A user is affected if the 'Show notice or message on admin area' plugin is installed, its version is within the vulnerable range, and the admin notice creation feature is accessible without proper CSRF nonce validation.
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 dataUpdate the plugin to the latest version; implement anti-CSRF nonce validation on all admin form actions and add proper input sanitization plus output escaping when displaying notices to block stored XSS.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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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-2025-25075 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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