CVE-2025-48344
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 ed4becky Rootspersona rootspersona allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Rootspersona: from n/a through <= 3.7.5.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rootspersona library allows attackers to trick authenticated users into submitting unintended state-changing requests. The lack of anti-CSRF token validation or proper Origin/Referer header checking enables malicious actors to perform actions on behalf of victims.
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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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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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Identify Rootspersona library usageSearch your codebase for imports or references to 'rootspersona', 'Rootspersona', or 'root-persona' packages. Check your package.json, requirements.txt, or equivalent dependency file for the rootspersona library entry.Affected if The Rootspersona library is present in your dependencies or codebase
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Locate state-changing endpointsReview your application source code for POST, PUT, and DELETE endpoints that utilize the Rootspersona library. Search for route handlers or API endpoints that process requests through rootspersona functions.Affected if Your application exposes POST/PUT/DELETE endpoints using Rootspersona that handle sensitive operations
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Check for anti-CSRF token validationInspect the request handlers for the identified endpoints. Look for code that extracts and validates a CSRF token from request parameters, headers, or cookies. Search for patterns like 'csrf', 'xsrf', 'synchronizer token', or 'token validation' in the relevant source files.Affected if No anti-CSRF token validation logic exists in the state-changing endpoint handlers
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Verify Origin/Referer header validationExamine the middleware or request handling code for checks that validate the Origin or Referer HTTP headers against an allowlist of trusted domains. Look for code that compares request.headers.origin or request.headers.referer against known safe values.Affected if No Origin or Referer header validation is performed before processing requests
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Test for CSRF vulnerabilityUsing a browser or HTTP tool, attempt to send a state-changing request (POST/PUT/DELETE) to the Rootspersona endpoint without including an anti-CSRF token or with a mismatched Origin header. Observe whether the request is processed successfully.Affected if The request succeeds without a valid CSRF token or with an arbitrary Origin header
You are affected if your application uses the Rootspersona library and processes state-changing requests without validating anti-CSRF tokens or checking Origin/Referer headers.
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 anti-CSRF synchronizer tokens for all POST/PUT/DELETE operations and validate Origin/Referer headers server-side to ensure requests originate from trusted sources.
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