Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-4194

CVE-2025-4194:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The AlT Monitoring plugin for WordPress contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting all versions up to and including 1.0.3. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 17, 2025, and has been assigned CVE-2025-4194. The plugin has been temporarily closed since May 15, 2025, pending a full security review (WordPress Plugin, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'ALTMonitoringedit' page. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.1 (Medium), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).

Impact

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts through forged requests. The impact is contingent upon tricking a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been temporarily closed and is not available for download pending a security review. Users are advised to disable and remove the plugin until a patched version becomes available (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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