CVE-2025-2871 WordPress Mega Menu – QuadMenu <= 3.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited User Meta Update
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into updating user meta, potentially causing privilege de-escalation via CSRF in QuadMenu plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-2871?
CVE-2025-2871 is a medium-severity vulnerability in quadlayers QuadMenu – Mega Menu, published on 12 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2871?
How do I fix CVE-2025-2871?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2871 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-2871 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2871 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4hpf-jm2h-cpfw.