Vulnerability · Published Apr 19, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-2111WP Headers And Footers <= 3.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Options Update

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site request forgery in Insert Headers And Footers from hiddenpearls. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Insert Headers And Footers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'custom_plugin_set_option' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site. The 'WPBRIGADE_SDK__DEV_MODE' constant must be set to 'true' to exploit the vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
hiddenpearls	Insert Headers And Footers	0 – through 3.1.1

Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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