WordPress Mega Menu – QuadMenu <= 3.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited User Meta Update

2025-04-11 00:00
Peter Thaleikis

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.2.1
Affected PluginQuadMenu – Mega Menu
Affected Version<= 3.2.0
CVSS4.3Medium
CVECVE-2025-2871
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Vulnerability Overview

The WordPress Mega Menu – QuadMenu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_dismiss_notice() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update any user meta to a value of one, including wp_capabilities which could result in a privilege deescalation of an administrator, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.2.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

External References

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