CVE-2025-32310
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 ThemeMove QuickCal - Appointment Booking Calendar for WordPress quickcal allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects QuickCal - Appointment Booking Calendar for WordPress: from n/a through <= 1.0.15.
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 QuickCal WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.0.15) allows authenticated attackers to trick administrators into unknowingly performing privileged actions, potentially leading to privilege escalation. The attacker crafts a malicious request and social-engineers a logged-in admin to trigger it, exploiting the absence of proper CSRF token validation in sensitive administrative functions.
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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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Verify QuickCal plugin is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory or navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard to confirm the QuickCal plugin is present and activeAffected if QuickCal plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Identify the installed QuickCal versionView the plugin details in the WordPress admin (Plugins page) or inspect the plugin header in its main PHP file to retrieve the version numberAffected if The installed version is any version that lacks CSRF token validation (compare your installed version to the affected ranges)
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Inspect plugin forms for CSRF token fieldsExamine the plugin's HTML forms (in the plugin's PHP files under wp-content/plugins/quickcal) and look for nonce fields such as wp_create_nonce(), _wpnonce, or similar token inputsAffected if Forms and AJAX endpoints are missing nonce or token fields that would prevent CSRF attacks
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Verify nonce verification in request handlersReview the plugin's PHP handlers that process administrative actions (look for functions handling save, update, create, or delete operations) and check if they include nonce verification calls such as wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer()Affected if Request handlers lack proper nonce verification logic before processing sensitive administrative actions
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Confirm lack of authorization checks on sensitive actionsAnalyze the plugin code to determine if sensitive functions (especially those affecting user roles, permissions, or administrative settings) properly validate user capabilities using current_user_can() or similar authorization checksAffected if Sensitive administrative actions can be triggered without proper capability checks, allowing privilege escalation
If QuickCal is installed and its sensitive actions lack both CSRF token generation in forms and verification in handlers, the environment is affected by this CSRF vulnerability.
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 dataApply any available security update immediately; if no patch exists, disable the plugin until remediation is available. Site administrators should also ensure no unexpected administrative actions appear in audit logs and consider implementing additional request validation at the web application firewall level as a temporary measure.
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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-2025-32310 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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