# CVE-2025-48111: Cross-site request forgery in YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce

> Attackers can trick users into performing unintended actions in the YITH PayPal Express Checkout plugin, potentially compromising account security.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mfrp-4p9c-pp98

## What is CVE-2025-48111?

CVE-2025-48111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in YITHEMES YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce, published on 17 Jun 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

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in YITHEMES YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.49.0.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48111?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-48111?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48111 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-48111 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48111 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-48111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in YITHEMES YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce, published on 17 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: YITHEMES YITH PayPal Express Checkout for WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48111/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48111/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48111
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48111
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48111

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48111/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.