# CVE-2025-48340: WordPress User Profile Meta Manager plugin <= 1.02 - CSRF to Privilege Escalation vulnerability

> A CSRF vulnerability in the User Profile Meta Manager plugin allows attackers to escalate privileges by tricking users into performing actions.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 May 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-66wx-257c-489x

## What is CVE-2025-48340?

CVE-2025-48340 is a critical vulnerability in Danny Vink User Profile Meta Manager, published on 19 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Danny Vink User Profile Meta Manager user-profile-meta allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Profile Meta Manager: from n/a through <= 1.02.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48340?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-48340?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-48340 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48340 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48340 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-48340 is a critical vulnerability in Danny Vink User Profile Meta Manager, published on 19 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48340 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Danny Vink User Profile Meta Manager. 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-2025-48340/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48340/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48340
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48340
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48340

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48340/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.