CVE-2025-24716 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-24716: WordPress Herd Effects Plugin <= 6.2.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Settings Change vulnerability

Vendor Wow-Company

Product Herd Effects

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 24, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Wow-Company Herd Effects mwp-herd-effect allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Herd Effects: from n/a through <= 6.2.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Herd Effects versions 6.2.1 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in user, performs unwanted actions on their behalf. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the victim must visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the vulnerable application.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on behalf of a logged-in user without their knowledge or consent.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' accounts can be manipulated to perform unintended actions, such as changing settings or data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage while authenticated.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 24, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24716 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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