CVE-2025-53249
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been identified in the WordPress Build App Online plugin, affecting versions up to 1.0.23. The vulnerability was initially reported by researcher theviper17 on May 30, 2025, and was officially published on August 14, 2025, with the designation CVE-2025-53249. This security flaw affects the plugin's core functionality and requires no authentication to exploit (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium severity) with the following vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A1: Broken Access Control (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could enable malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. While the security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited, it still presents a potential risk to affected systems (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the vulnerability disclosure, no official fix is available for this security issue. Given the low severity impact, specific mitigation strategies have not been published. Users are advised to monitor for updates from the plugin developer (Patchstack).

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