CVE-2025-6055
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 Zen Sticky Social plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'zen-social-sticky/zen-sticky-social.php' 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 Zen Sticky Social WordPress plugin lacks proper nonce validation on its settings page (zen-sticky-social.php), allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge administrative requests. This enables attackers to modify plugin settings and inject malicious JavaScript through social engineering of site administrators.
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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Confirm plugin installationGo to WordPress admin > Plugins and check if 'Zen Sticky Social' is installed and activeAffected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Locate the vulnerable fileNavigate to wp-content/plugins/zen-sticky-social/ and confirm zen-sticky-social.php existsAffected if The file zen-sticky-social.php exists in the plugin directory
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Check plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins > Zen Sticky Social, note the version number displayedAffected if The installed version is older than any patched version released after the CVE disclosure date (no specific version provided)
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Inspect settings page for nonce validationExamine zen-sticky-social.php for nonce verification on form submissions (look for wp_verify_nonce, check_admin_referer, or nonce_field functions) in any settings-handling codeAffected if No nonce verification is found on form processing code that handles settings changes
A site is affected if the Zen Sticky Social plugin is installed and its zen-sticky-social.php file lacks proper nonce validation on settings submissions.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpdate to a patched version of the plugin when available, or add WordPress nonce verification to all form submissions and AJAX actions in the affected file.
0.4
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate the 'Zen Sticky Social' plugin
- Check if an update is available (if not, manually download version 0.4 or later from wordpress.org)
- Click 'Update Now' to install the latest version
- After updating, go to the plugin settings and verify the configuration is intact
- Review the plugin for any unexpected settings changes
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation2.0 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-2025-6055 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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