CVE-2025-58853 HIGH

CVE-2025-58853: WordPress Popping Sidebars and Widgets Light Plugin <= 1.27 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability

Vendor Otwthemes
Product Popping Sidebars and Widgets Light
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published September 5, 2025
Last update May 12, 2026

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in OTWthemes Popping Sidebars and Widgets Light popping-sidebars-and-widgets-light allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Popping Sidebars and Widgets Light: from n/a through <= 1.27.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Popping Sidebars and Widgets Light versions 1.27 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the administrator's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking a logged-in admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or content if an admin visits a malicious link while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

A logged-in site administrator must visit a webpage controlled by the attacker.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

September 5, 2025 CVE published
May 12, 2026 Record updated

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