CVE-2025-68601
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 Rustaurius Five Star Restaurant Reservations restaurant-reservations allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Five Star Restaurant Reservations: from n/a through <= 2.7.8.
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 Five Star Restaurant Reservations WordPress plugin (versions <= 2.7.8) allows attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the reservation system, potentially allowing unauthorized reservation modifications or data manipulation.
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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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Verify plugin installation and versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate 'Five Star Restaurant Reservations'. Check the version number displayed below the plugin name. Compare against the affected range: versions 2.7.8 and below are vulnerable.Affected if The installed version is 2.7.8 or lower.
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Inspect reservation form for nonce validationLocate the plugin's reservation form file (typically in the plugin directory, look for files handling form submissions). Open the file and search for 'wp_nonce_field' or 'wp_verify_nonce' calls within the form handling code.Affected if The reservation form submission handler does not contain wp_nonce_field in the form or wp_verify_nonce in the processing code.
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Inspect AJAX endpoints for nonce validationSearch the plugin files for 'admin-ajax.php' or 'wp_ajax_' action hooks. Examine the callback functions handling these AJAX requests for the presence of 'wp_verify_nonce' or 'check_admin_referer' calls.Affected if AJAX handlers that modify reservations do not verify nonce tokens before processing requests.
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Check for Origin or Referer header validationExamine the form processing and AJAX handler files for code that validates the Origin or Referer HTTP headers to verify request origin.Affected if No code exists to validate Origin or Referer headers on state-changing operations.
A user is affected if the Five Star Restaurant Reservations plugin version is 2.7.8 or lower and the plugin's forms and AJAX endpoints lack nonce token validation.
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 tokens (nonce tokens) on all state-changing operations (forms, AJAX endpoints) and validate these tokens server-side, plus add Origin/Referer header checks to verify request authenticity.
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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.
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- 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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