{"id":64237,"date":"2025-08-22T10:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:22:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:32:19","slug":"cve-2025-53587-high-risk-csrf-vulnerability-in-apustheme-findgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53587-high-risk-csrf-vulnerability-in-apustheme-findgo\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53587: High-Risk CSRF Vulnerability in ApusTheme Findgo<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are addressing a critical cybersecurity flaw identified as CVE-2025-53587. This vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) discovered within the ApusTheme Findgo. It has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27050-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74801\">potential to compromise systems and leak sensitive data<\/a>, posing a serious threat to website owners using affected versions of this theme. The importance of understanding and addressing this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53546-high-severity-vulnerability-in-folo-s-github-workflow\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73404\">vulnerability promptly cannot be overstressed due to its high severity<\/a> rating and potential for misuse by malicious actors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53587<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40741-stack-based-overflow-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2025-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75766\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2798009135\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>ApusTheme Findgo | n\/a through 1.3.57<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49895-critical-csrf-vulnerability-in-ithemes-serverbuddy-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78211\">CSRF vulnerability<\/a> in ApusTheme Findgo. CSRF attacks occur when a malicious website, email, or program causes a user&#8217;s web browser to perform an unwanted action on a trusted site for which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5821-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-case-theme-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83318\">user is authenticated<\/a>. In this case, the attacker can trick an unsuspecting user into executing unwanted actions on their website. The actions executed will be seen as requests coming from the user, and thereby have the privileges of the user, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73694\">leading to potential<\/a> system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2981523136\" 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 example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This example depicts a malicious HTTP POST request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;...&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the &#8220;malicious_payload&#8221; represents the commands or actions that the attacker wants to execute on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46093-critical-vulnerability-in-liquidfiles-allowing-root-access-via-ftp-site-chmod\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74496\">vulnerable site<\/a>. When a user unintentionally sends this request, it appears to the site as a legitimate request from the user, hence bypassing any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52289-broken-access-control-vulnerability-in-magnusbilling-v7-8-5-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73364\">access controls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Potential Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most effective mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor-supplied patch. If this is not immediately possible, a temporary mitigation can be accomplished by using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to monitor, detect, and block malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52797-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-in-josepsitjar-storymap\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79353\">CSRF requests<\/a>. It is also recommended to employ good application development practices to prevent CSRF attacks, such as the use of anti-forgery tokens, and to update regularly to the latest software versions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview We are addressing a critical cybersecurity flaw identified as CVE-2025-53587. This vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) discovered within the ApusTheme Findgo. It has the potential to compromise systems and leak sensitive data, posing a serious threat to website owners using affected versions of this theme. 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