Description

The WordPress Mega Menu – QuadMenu plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_dismiss_notice() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update any user meta to a value of one, including wp_capabilities which could result in a privilege deescalation of an administrator, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-2871

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.3

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

Affected Products

Vendor: quadlayers

Product: WordPress Mega Menu – QuadMenu

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.23% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2871
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ba7b675-54d6-4f0e-b60f-1c7fa6ff24ea?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quadmenu/tags/3.2.0/lib/class-admin.php#L105
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3270825/quadmenu/tags/3.2.1/lib/class-admin.php

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