CVE-2025-31033
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 Adam Nowak Buddypress Humanity buddypress-humanity allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Buddypress Humanity: from n/a through <= 1.2.
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 Humanity WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.2). The plugin lacks proper anti-CSRF token validation on state-changing actions, allowing authenticated users to unknowingly execute unintended requests when visiting malicious sites. The critical CVSS score suggests the flaw affects high-privilege operations.
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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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Buddypress Humanity pluginIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Buddypress Humanity' or check the wp-content/plugins directory for a folder named 'buddypress-humanity' or similarAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine the installed versionIn WordPress admin, find the plugin in the Plugins list and note the version number displayed below the plugin name, or open the main plugin PHP file and look for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment blockAffected if The version number is 1.2 or lower
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Identify state-changing operations in the pluginExamine the plugin PHP files for form handling functions (POST/GET requests), AJAX handlers (wp_ajax_* hooks), and any functions that modify data such as update_option, insert_post, or database queries that lack nonce verification callsAffected if Form submissions or AJAX actions exist without wp_verify_nonce, check_admin_referer, or wp_create_nonce validation
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Check admin settings pages for CSRF protectionLocate the plugin's admin settings pages (usually in an admin subfolder), open the PHP files handling form submissions, and verify that nonce fields are generated with wp_nonce_field or wp_nonce_url and verified before processingAffected if Settings forms or admin action handlers lack nonce verification logic
You are affected if the Buddypress Humanity plugin version is 1.2 or lower and the plugin contains form submissions or AJAX actions that do not verify WordPress nonces before processing state-changing requests.
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) for all forms and AJAX actions in the plugin, and validate the nonce on server-side before processing requests. Additionally, verify Origin/Referer headers to complement token-based protection.
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