Unspecified administrator actions via missing nonce validation
Published Jan 27, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Slava Abakumov BuddyPress Groups Extras 3.6.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to trigger an unknown action. An unspecified state-changing function fails to validate a WordPress nonce before accepting a request under the victim's authenticated session. Exploitation requires a logged-in site administrator to visit a crafted page or click a malicious link; the resulting action and exact consequence are undisclosed.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Slava Abakumov BuddyPress Groups Extras 3.6.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to trigger an unknown action. An unspecified state-changing function fails to validate a WordPress nonce before accepting a request under the victim's authenticated session. Exploitation requires a logged-in site administrator to visit a crafted page or click a malicious link; the resulting action and exact consequence are undisclosed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24538
- Published
- Jan 27, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Slava Abakumov
- Product
- BuddyPress Groups Extras
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-62
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.6.10 changes=[{"at":"3.7.0","status":"unaffected"}]
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