Overview
CVE-2025-12373 details a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Torod – The smart shipping and delivery portal for e-shops and retailers plugin for WordPress. All versions up to and including version 1.9 are affected. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to potentially modify the plugin’s settings by tricking a site administrator into performing an unintended action, such as clicking a malicious link.
Technical Details
The vulnerability resides within the save_settings function of the Torod plugin. The core issue is the absence of proper nonce validation. Nonces are cryptographic tokens designed to prevent CSRF attacks by ensuring that requests originate from legitimate sources within the web application. Without proper nonce validation, an attacker can craft a malicious request that appears to originate from an authenticated administrator, allowing them to alter the plugin’s configuration.
Specifically, the inc/torod_Settings.php file (as referenced in the WordPress.org plugin repository) lacks sufficient security measures to verify the authenticity of settings update requests.
CVSS Analysis
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) assigns CVE-2025-12373 a score of 4.3, indicating a MEDIUM severity vulnerability. This score reflects the following characteristics:
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N) – The vulnerability can be exploited over a network.
- Attack Complexity (AC): High (H) – Exploitation requires the attacker to trick a user.
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N) – No privileges are required to initiate the attack. However, an administrator must be tricked into executing the request.
- User Interaction (UI): Required (R) – User interaction is required (e.g., clicking a link).
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U) – The vulnerability affects the security of the component being exploited.
- Confidentiality Impact (C): None (N) – There is no impact to confidentiality.
- Integrity Impact (I): Low (L) – There is a low impact to integrity, as settings can be modified.
- Availability Impact (A): None (N) – There is no impact to availability.
Possible Impact
Successful exploitation of this CSRF vulnerability could lead to:
- Plugin Configuration Manipulation: Attackers could modify the plugin’s settings to redirect shipping requests, change API keys (if any), or inject malicious code into the plugin’s functionality, potentially leading to further compromise.
- Data Exfiltration: Depending on the settings exposed, attackers might gain access to sensitive data related to shipping and customer information.
- Account Takeover: In severe cases, if the plugin handles authentication or user management, modified settings could lead to account takeover of customer accounts.
Mitigation and Patch Steps
The most important step is to update the Torod plugin to the latest available version. Check the WordPress plugin repository for updates. If an update is not yet available, consider the following mitigation steps:
- Disable the Plugin: If you are not actively using the Torod plugin, temporarily disable it until a patched version is released.
- Exercise Caution: Be extremely cautious when clicking links or opening attachments from untrusted sources, especially if you are logged in to your WordPress administration panel.
- Web Application Firewall (WAF): Implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with CSRF protection capabilities. Configure the WAF to inspect requests for missing or invalid CSRF tokens.
