CVE-2025-6041
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 · uneditedThe yContributors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'yContributors' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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 confidenceThe yContributors WordPress plugin lacks proper nonce validation on its settings page, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge administrative requests. By tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link, attackers can modify plugin settings and potentially inject malicious scripts (stored XSS) due to the CSRF vulnerability.
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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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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Verify yContributors plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and locate yContributors in the plugin list, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a yContributors folderAffected if Plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, click on yContributors to view the version number, or open the main plugin PHP file and look for the Version header in the plugin commentsAffected if Version cannot be confirmed as patched against CVE-2025-6041 (no patched version specified in advisory)
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Verify plugin settings page is accessibleAttempt to access the plugin settings page via admin navigation or direct URL (typical path: /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ycontributors-settings or similar), or examine plugin code to confirm settings page registrationAffected if Settings page exists and is accessible to administrators
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Review plugin code for nonce validation on settings saveExamine the main plugin PHP file and any settings-handling code for presence of wp_nonce_field, wp_nonce_url, or check_admin_referer calls when processing settings form submissionsAffected if No nonce verification is implemented on settings save actions
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Inspect current plugin settings for unauthorized changesNavigate to the yContributors settings page in WordPress admin and review all setting values, or query the wp_options table for option_name values containing 'ycontributors' to inspect stored settingsAffected if Settings contain unexpected scripts, iframes, or malformed content indicating injection
User is affected if the yContributors plugin is installed, the settings page lacks proper nonce validation, and an attacker could forge administrative requests to modify settings or inject malicious scripts.
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 dataUpdate to a patched version of yContributors when available; until then, remove the plugin or implement web application firewall rules to block forged requests targeting the vulnerable endpoint.
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 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-2025-6041 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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