# CVE-2025-6459: Cross-site request forgery in Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary PHP code by tricking administrators into clicking a link due to missing nonce validation.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vwfp-6c38-x4c6

## What is CVE-2025-6459?

CVE-2025-6459 is a high-severity vulnerability in scripteo Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager, published on 2 Jul 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 Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.89. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bsaCreateAdTemplate function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6459?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Scripteo Ads Pro.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-6459?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6459 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-6459 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in scripteo Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager

- [CVE-2025-4689](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4689/): File upload in Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-4380](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4380/): Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager <= 4.89 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-4381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4381/): Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager <= 4.89 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-5339](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5339/): SQL injection in Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-6437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6437/): Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager <= 4.89 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via oid (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-6459 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-6459 is a high-severity vulnerability in scripteo Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager, published on 2 Jul 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-2025-6459 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: scripteo Ads Pro Plugin - Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising 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-2025-6459/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6459/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6459
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6459
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-6459

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6459/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.