CVE-2025-4188 Advanced Reorder Image Text Slider <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Attackers can trick admins into updating settings and injecting malicious scripts via CSRF, leading to stored XSS and potential site compromise.
- 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-2025-4188?
CVE-2025-4188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in balasahebbhise Advanced Reorder Image Text Slider, published on 3 May 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 Advanced Reorder Image Text Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'reorder-simple-image-text-slider-setting' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts 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-2025-4188?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-4188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vjvx-x85f-gxjv.