CVE-2025-24717 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-24717: WordPress Modal Window Plugin <= 6.1.4 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Settings Change vulnerability

Vendor Wow-Company

Product Modal Window

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 Modal Window modal-window allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Modal Window: from n/a through <= 6.1.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Modal Window versions 6.1.4 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 the user's behalf. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the victim must visit the attacker's page—but does not require authentication to the Modal Window component itself.

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 compromised to perform unintended actions; site integrity and user trust may be affected.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must visit an attacker-controlled webpage while logged into a site using Modal Window.

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-2025-24717 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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