CVE-2025-57931
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 Ays Pro Popup box ays-popup-box allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Popup box: from n/a through <= 5.5.4.
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 the Ays Pro Popup box WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions such as modifying popup configurations or creating malicious popups. The plugin lacks proper anti-CSRF token validation on state-changing operations.
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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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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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Identify if Ays Pro Popup box plugin is installedCheck WordPress plugins directory for 'ays-pro-popup-box' or 'popup-box' in wp-content/plugins/ folder, or view installed plugins in WordPress admin under PluginsAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Check installed plugin versionAccess the plugin file header (usually index.php or main plugin file) in wp-content/plugins/ays-pro-popup-box/ or look at Plugins > Installed Plugins page in WordPress adminAffected if The installed version falls within the vulnerable range (prior to when CSRF protection was added)
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Identify admin-accessible state-changing formsInspect plugin admin pages for forms that modify popup settings, create/edit popups, or change plugin configurations - look for action URLs pointing to admin-post.php or AJAX endpointsAffected if Forms handling popup configuration or creation exist without visible nonce fields
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Verify presence of anti-CSRF tokens in form submissionsView page source of plugin admin pages, examine form HTML for input fields named '_wpnonce' or similar nonce identifiers, check AJAX requests for nonce verificationAffected if No nonce token fields found in state-changing forms or AJAX requests
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Test nonce validation on plugin endpointsSubmit a crafted request to plugin AJAX endpoints (admin-ajax.php?action=ays_popup_*) or form handlers without a valid nonce token and observe if the request is processedAffected if Requests without valid nonces are accepted and processed by the server
A user is affected if they have the Ays Pro Popup box plugin installed with an admin account accessible, and the plugin lacks proper nonce validation on its state-changing operations.
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 (anti-CSRF tokens) for all form submissions and AJAX requests, verify nonce validity server-side, and optionally set SameSite attribute on authentication cookies.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-57931 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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