{"id":58300,"date":"2025-07-08T01:56:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T01:56:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-07T13:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:27:55","slug":"cve-2025-6459-ads-pro-plugin-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6459-ads-pro-plugin-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-6459: Ads Pro Plugin Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A critical vulnerability has been discovered in all versions of the Ads Pro Plugin &#8211; Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager plugin for WordPress, up to and including version 4.89. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-6459, exposes websites to potential system compromise and data leakage. Given the widespread use of WordPress and its plugins, this vulnerability could have far-reaching implications for site owners, potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29978-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-powerpoint-allowing-unauthorized-local-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64883\">allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized<\/a> access to sensitive data and systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-6459<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54788-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-suitecrm-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80240\">System compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3163554728\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Ads Pro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53260-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-getredhawkstudio-file-manager-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65368\">Plugin &#8211; Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager<\/a> | Up to and including 4.89<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49603-incorrect-access-control-vulnerability-in-northern-tech-mender-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65054\">vulnerability arises due to missing or incorrect<\/a> nonce validation on the `bsaCreateAdTemplate` function. This weakness in validation allows an attacker to forge a request and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28993-code-injection-vulnerability-in-jose-content-no-cache\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65454\">inject arbitrary PHP code<\/a>. If an unauthenticated attacker can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link (a typical CSRF attack), the attacker\u2019s injected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29331-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-mhsanaei-3x-ui\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64976\">code can be executed<\/a>, potentially leading to system compromise and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2019933403\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a conceptual representation of a malicious HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48921-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-drupal-open-social\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64994\">request exploiting the vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/bsaCreateAdTemplate HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-website.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nad_id=123&amp;ad_template=&lt;php code injection&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, `<php code injection>` represents the attacker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32451-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-foxit-reader-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74460\">arbitrary PHP code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the CVE-2025-6459 vulnerability, apply the vendor-provided patch to the Ads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6379-critical-directory-traversal-vulnerability-in-beeteam368-extensions-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65597\">Pro Plugin<\/a>. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, consider employing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation.<br \/>\nRemember, it&#8217;s crucial to always keep your systems and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5590-time-based-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-owl-carousel-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64895\">plugins updated to prevent becoming a victim of such vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A critical vulnerability has been discovered in all versions of the Ads Pro Plugin &#8211; Multi-Purpose WordPress Advertising Manager plugin for WordPress, up to and including version 4.89. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-6459, exposes websites to potential system compromise and data leakage. Given the widespread use of WordPress and its plugins, this vulnerability could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[90],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-58300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-csrf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58300"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72654,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58300\/revisions\/72654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58300"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=58300"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=58300"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=58300"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=58300"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=58300"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=58300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}