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BardWordPress extension · Qodeinteractive

CVE-2025-64368

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-31
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 1.7 or later.
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61/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mikado-Themes Bard bardwp allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Bard: from n/a through <= 1.6.

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 confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Bard WordPress theme allows attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the application. The theme lacks proper anti-CSRF token validation on state-changing operations, enabling attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of victims.

MitigationImplement WordPress nonces (anti-CSRF tokens) on all forms and AJAX actions that perform state changes, and verify these nonces on submission. Additionally, add SameSite attribute to session cookies and validate Origin/Referer headers as defense-in-depth.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
BardWordPress extension
Affected:< 1.7

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Bard theme is installed
    Navigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin panel and verify the Bard theme by Qodeinteractive is installed. Also check if it is the active theme.
    Affected if Bard theme is installed and active on the WordPress site
  2. Identify installed Bard theme version
    In WordPress admin, go to Appearance > Themes, click on the Bard theme, and locate the version number in the theme details panel. Alternatively, check the style.css file in wp-content/themes/bard/ for the 'Version' header.
    Affected if Version displayed is below 1.7 (e.g., 1.6, 1.5, etc.)
  3. Compare version against affected range
    The affected version range is Bard theme versions prior to 1.7. If your installed version is 1.7 or higher, the vulnerability has been patched.
    Affected if Installed version is less than 1.7
  4. Verify if state-changing operations lack nonce protection
    Examine theme PHP files (particularly in /bard/ folder) for AJAX actions and form handlers that perform state changes (e.g., saving settings, updating options, user actions). Search for presence of 'wp_verify_nonce' or 'check_ajax_referer' calls in these handlers. If these nonce verification calls are missing, the theme is vulnerable.
    Affected if State-changing operations (forms, AJAX actions) do not implement WordPress nonce verification

The environment is affected if the Bard theme version is installed and is less than 1.7, indicating the theme lacks anti-CSRF token validation on state-changing operations.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 1.7 or later
Fixed in 1.7
Interim mitigation

Implement WordPress nonces (anti-CSRF tokens) on all forms and AJAX actions that perform state changes, and verify these nonces on submission. Additionally, add SameSite attribute to session cookies and validate Origin/Referer headers as defense-in-depth.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

1.7

  1. Update the Bard theme to version 1.7 or later through the WordPress theme administration panel, or download the latest version from the theme vendor and upload it via WordPress appearance > themes > add new > upload theme, or replace theme files via FTP

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Bard Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
13.0 hours of engineering $2,290
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