CVE-2025-4188
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 · uneditedThe Advanced Reorder Image Text Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'reorder-simple-image-text-slider-setting' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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 · high confidenceThe Advanced Reorder Image Text Slider WordPress plugin versions up to 1.0 lacks proper nonce validation on the 'reorder-simple-image-text-slider-setting' page. This allows unauthenticated attackers to craft malicious requests that trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions, potentially injecting XSS payloads through settings that are then stored and executed when viewed.
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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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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 Advanced Reorder Image Text Slider pluginNavigate to WordPress admin Dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'reorder-simple-image-text-slider' or similarAffected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
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Determine the installed plugin versionIn the WordPress Plugins admin page, locate the 'Advanced Reorder Image Text Slider' entry and read the version number displayed beneath the plugin nameAffected if The version number is 1.0 or lower (versions up to and including 1.0 are affected)
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Confirm the vulnerable settings page existsAccess the plugin settings by logging into the WordPress admin and navigating to the page labeled 'reorder-simple-image-text-slider-setting' (usually under Settings or a dedicated menu item), or check if a menu link with that slug exists in the wp-admin sidebarAffected if The settings page with slug 'reorder-simple-image-text-slider-setting' is accessible in the admin area
You are affected if the Advanced Reorder Image Text Slider plugin is installed with version 1.0 or lower and the settings page is accessible in your WordPress admin.
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 proper WordPress nonce verification on all form submissions and AJAX handlers in the settings page, and consider adding a CSRF token to forms that administrators interact with.
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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-2025-4188 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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