CVE-2025-28940
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in arkapravamajumder Back To Top WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 2.0. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 11, 2025, and was assigned identifier CVE-2025-28940. The issue was reported by security researcher Nguyen Xuan Chien on February 19, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and requires no authentication to exploit (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The severity is considered low, and the vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. Given the low severity impact, virtual patching has been deemed unnecessary (Patchstack).

Additional resources


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