CVE-2025-24724 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-24724: WordPress Side Menu Lite Plugin <= 5.3.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Settings Change vulnerability

Vendor Wow-Company
Product Side Menu Lite
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published January 24, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

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 Side Menu Lite side-menu-lite allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Side Menu Lite: from n/a through <= 5.3.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Side Menu Lite versions up to 5.3.1 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of site administrators. An attacker can craft a malicious link or page that, when visited by an admin, triggers unwanted changes to the site's configuration or content. The vulnerability requires no special privileges but does require the victim to click a link or visit a page.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions on the site by tricking an admin into clicking a malicious link.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or content without your knowledge if an admin visits a malicious page.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

An authenticated site administrator must visit a page or click a link controlled by the attacker.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 24, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated

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