Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-8481Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid <= 1.1.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid from mdimran41. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.1.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bdfe_install_activate_rswpbs_only function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install the 'rs-wp-books-showcase' plugin via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mdimran41 | Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid | 0 – through 1.1.7 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N