dbcve.org
Cm AnswersWordPress extension · Cminds

CVE-2025-46246

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-04-22
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 3.3.4 or later.
See remediation →
95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CreativeMindsSolutions CM Answers cm-answers allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects CM Answers: from n/a through <= 3.3.3.

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 confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CM Answers plugin allows attackers to induce authenticated users to perform unintended actions by tricking them into submitting malicious requests. The vulnerability affects all versions through 3.3.3, enabling attackers to potentially execute unauthorized operations on behalf of victim users.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing forms and validate tokens server-side. Additionally, configure SameSite attributes on session cookies.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Cm AnswersWordPress extension
Affected:< 3.3.4

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm CM Answers plugin installation
    Access your WordPress admin panel and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for 'Cminds Cm Answers' or 'CM Answers' in the list of active plugins.
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
  2. Check installed version number
    In the WordPress plugins list, locate the CM Answers plugin entry and note the version number displayed. Compare this against the affected range of versions prior to 3.3.4.
    Affected if The installed version is any version before 3.3.4 (e.g., 3.3.3, 3.3.2, 3.0.0, etc.)
  3. Identify state-changing forms and actions
    Review the CM Answers plugin functionality to locate forms that perform actions such as posting answers, submitting questions, editing content, or modifying user settings. These are the endpoints vulnerable to CSRF.
    Affected if The plugin has forms or actions that modify data (post answers, create threads, change settings) without requiring anti-CSRF protection
  4. Inspect forms for anti-CSRF token presence
    View the HTML source of the plugin's state-changing forms (answer submission, question posting forms). Check for the presence of a hidden token field (commonly named nonce, csrf_token, or similar) in each form that submits data.
    Affected if State-changing forms lack a hidden anti-CSRF token field in the HTML markup

A user is affected if the CM Answers plugin is installed with any version prior to 3.3.4 and contains state-changing forms that lack anti-CSRF token validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

Check your environment

Paste your version and any relevant configuration and it will be compared against the affected criteria above. Do not include secrets or credentials.

AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 3.3.4 or later
Fixed in 3.3.4
Interim mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing forms and validate tokens server-side. Additionally, configure SameSite attributes on session cookies.

Recommended fix High confidence

CM Answers version 3.3.4

  1. 1. Back up your WordPress site database and files before performing any updates.
  2. 2. Navigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins.
  3. 3. Find CM Answers (cm-answers) in the plugin list.
  4. 4. Click 'Update Now' if an update is available, or manually upload version 3.3.4 of the plugin.
  5. 5. After updating, verify the plugin version shows 3.3.4 or higher.
  6. 6. Test core functionality of the CM Answers plugin to ensure proper operation.

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Cm Answers Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
17.0 hours of engineering $3,000
Get the upgrade done

An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $4,800.

Scan for this in your stack

Free · runs locally
dbcve dependency scanner

Check whether your project pulls in CVE-2025-46246 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.

Get it on GitHub Scan in the browser

References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Primary sources

Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-46246 in production — separate from our analysis above.

No notes yet

Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here
  • Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
  • Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data