CVE-2025-28940 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-28940: WordPress Back To Top Plugin <= 2.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Arkapravamajumder

Product Back To Top

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published March 11, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

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:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in arkapravamajumder Back To Top backtotop allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Back To Top: from n/a through <= 2.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Back To Top versions 2.0 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the admin's knowledge. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while logged into their site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or content if they trick an admin into clicking a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Site admin must visit an attacker-controlled webpage while logged into the WordPress site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 11, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28940 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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