CVE-2025-31038
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 Essential Marketer Essential Breadcrumbs essential-breadcrumbs allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Essential Breadcrumbs: from n/a through <= 1.1.1.
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 confidenceA Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Essential Breadcrumbs plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended privileged actions, potentially leading to privilege escalation. The lack of proper CSRF token validation on sensitive administrative functions enables malicious requests to be executed without the user's consent.
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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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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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Confirm Essential Breadcrumbs plugin is installedNavigate to the WordPress admin plugins page or inspect the wp-content/plugins directory for the Essential Breadcrumbs plugin folderAffected if The plugin is present in the installation
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Identify the installed plugin versionCheck the plugin header in its main PHP file (usually contains 'Version: x.x.x' comment) or view the version in the WordPress plugins admin panelAffected if The version number cannot be verified or is below any available patched version
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Inspect admin forms for CSRF token fieldsView the source HTML of any administrative pages provided by Essential Breadcrumbs (plugin settings, configuration pages). Look for input fields with names like 'nonce', '_wpnonce', 'token', or similar security tokensAffected if No CSRF protection tokens are found in state-changing admin forms (forms that save settings, update options, or modify data)
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Test for CSRF token validation on sensitive actionsAttempt a low-level test: check if the plugin's admin action URLs (like those processing form submissions) include and validate nonce parameters. Review the plugin PHP code for 'wp_verify_nonce' or 'check_admin_referer' function calls on form handlersAffected if The plugin code lacks nonce validation checks on functions that modify settings or perform privileged actions
You are affected if the Essential Breadcrumbs plugin is installed AND sensitive administrative functions lack CSRF token validation, allowing forged requests to execute without proper verification.
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 administrative actions and validate these tokens on the server side to prevent forged requests.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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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
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