Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Weakness · CWE-352

CVE-2025-48309

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-08-28
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
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 web-able BetPress betpress allows Stored XSS.This issue affects BetPress: from n/a through <= 1.0.1 Lite.

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

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in BetPress plugin version <= 1.0.1 Lite allows attackers to craft malicious requests that inject and store XSS payloads. When a victim (typically an administrator) triggers the CSRF request, the malicious script is stored in the application database and executes when other users view the affected content.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all state-changing forms and AJAX actions, combined with proper input sanitization and output encoding to prevent stored XSS injection via CSRF.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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. Identify BetPress plugin version
    Locate the BetPress plugin in your WordPress installation (typically in wp-content/plugins/) and check the main plugin file (often named main.php, index.php, or betpress.php) for the version declaration in the plugin header comment
    Affected if The reported version is 1.0.1 or lower
  2. Confirm plugin is active
    Verify the BetPress Lite plugin is enabled in your WordPress admin panel under Plugins > Installed Plugins
    Affected if The plugin is active and running version 1.0.1 or lower
  3. Identify state-changing forms
    Examine plugin PHP files for forms that modify data (submissions, settings updates, content creation) and check if they include WordPress nonce verification using wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer
    Affected if Forms that modify data lack nonce verification and the plugin version is <=1.0.1
  4. Inspect stored data for XSS payloads
    Query the WordPress database tables used by BetPress (check plugin documentation for table names) and inspect stored content fields for suspicious script tags, javascript: URIs, or event handler attributes
    Affected if Stored data contains unsanitized HTML or script tags indicating prior exploitation
  5. Review AJAX actions for nonce protection
    Check plugin AJAX handlers (admin-ajax.php calls) for proper nonce verification using check_ajax_referer or wp_verify_nonce before processing requests
    Affected if AJAX actions process requests without verifying nonces and plugin version is <=1.0.1

You are affected if BetPress Lite plugin version 1.0.1 or lower is active and any state-changing forms or AJAX actions lack anti-CSRF nonce verification, or if malicious scripts are found stored in the database.

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

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all state-changing forms and AJAX actions, combined with proper input sanitization and output encoding to prevent stored XSS injection via CSRF.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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