CVE-2025-48325
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 shmish111 WP Admin Theme wp-admin-theme allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Admin Theme: from n/a through <= 1.0.
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 CSRF vulnerability in the WP Admin Theme plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into submitting malicious requests that store XSS payloads in the theme's settings or content areas. Since the XSS is stored, it persists and executes whenever admin users view the affected pages.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check the installed version of WP Admin Theme pluginIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > WP Admin Theme and note the version number. Compare it to the affected version ranges if documented.Affected if the installed version falls within the affected version range (if known)
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Identify the plugin's admin settings formsNavigate to the WP Admin Theme plugin settings pages where administrators customize the admin theme (e.g., appearance settings, theme options).Affected if the plugin provides settings forms for theme customization
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Inspect the plugin's code for CSRF protectionUsing FTP or the WordPress file manager, locate the PHP files that handle form submissions and AJAX requests in the plugin (typically in the main plugin file or a dedicated admin/class file). Open these files and search for nonce verification functions (wp_verify_nonce, check_admin_referer, wp_nonce_field).Affected if the code lacks nonce verification on form submissions, indicating vulnerability to CSRF
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Verify nonce fields in the settings forms via browserLog in as an administrator, go to the WP Admin Theme settings page, right-click and Inspect the HTML of the forms. Look for hidden input fields with names like '_wpnonce' or '_wp_nonce'. If no such field is present, the forms are vulnerable to CSRF.Affected if the forms do not contain a nonce field, confirming the vulnerability
If the plugin is installed and the settings forms lack nonce verification (both in code and in HTML), the environment is affected by CVE-2025-48325.
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 WordPress nonces and CSRF tokens on all forms and AJAX endpoints, then verify all user inputs are properly sanitized before storage and escaped on output.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-48325 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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