Medium severity · published Apr 12, 2025
CVE-2025-2871
WordPress Mega Menu – QuadMenu <= 3.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited User Meta Update
4.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WordPress Mega Menu – QuadMenu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_dismiss_notice() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update any user meta to a value of one, including wp_capabilities which could result in a privilege deescalation of an administrator, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QM
QuadMenu – Mega Menu · quadlayers
through 3.2.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2871
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2871
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quadmenu/tags/3.2.0/lib/class-admin.php#L105
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3270825/quadmenu/tags/3.2.1/lib/class-admin.php
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ba7b675-54d6-4f0e-b60f-1c7fa6ff24ea?source=cve
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