Cross-Site Request Forgery in Blog Designer for Elementor Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2025-8481

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-8481?

The Blog Designer For Elementor - Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in version 1.1.7. This flaw arises from inadequate nonce validation in the bdfe_install_activate_rswpbs_only function. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could exploit this weakness to install the 'rs-wp-books-showcase' plugin, given they can deceive a site administrator into executing a specific action, such as clicking a malicious link.

Affected Version(s)

Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid * <= 1.1.7

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blog-designer-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

wesley
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CVE-2025-8481 : Cross-Site Request Forgery in Blog Designer for Elementor Plugin by WordPress