CVE-2025-10312: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in steve-forster Theme Importer
The Theme Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing nonce validation when processing form submissions in the theme-importer.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger arbitrary file downloads and potentially execute malicious operations via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-10312 is a CSRF vulnerability in the steve-forster Theme Importer WordPress plugin caused by the absence of nonce validation when processing form submissions in theme-importer.php. This enables attackers to craft malicious requests that, when executed by an authenticated site administrator, can lead to arbitrary file downloads or other unauthorized actions. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.0. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3 (medium severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact. No patch or vendor advisory is currently available.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a site administrator into submitting a malicious request, potentially causing arbitrary file downloads or other unauthorized operations on the affected WordPress site. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact reported, but integrity impact is low. No known exploits have been observed in the wild to date.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, administrators should exercise caution when interacting with untrusted links or requests that could trigger theme importer actions. Implementing manual nonce validation or disabling the plugin if not required may reduce risk.
CVE-2025-10312: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in steve-forster Theme Importer
Description
The Theme Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing nonce validation when processing form submissions in the theme-importer.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger arbitrary file downloads and potentially execute malicious operations via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-10312 is a CSRF vulnerability in the steve-forster Theme Importer WordPress plugin caused by the absence of nonce validation when processing form submissions in theme-importer.php. This enables attackers to craft malicious requests that, when executed by an authenticated site administrator, can lead to arbitrary file downloads or other unauthorized actions. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.0. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3 (medium severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact. No patch or vendor advisory is currently available.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a site administrator into submitting a malicious request, potentially causing arbitrary file downloads or other unauthorized operations on the affected WordPress site. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact reported, but integrity impact is low. No known exploits have been observed in the wild to date.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, administrators should exercise caution when interacting with untrusted links or requests that could trigger theme importer actions. Implementing manual nonce validation or disabling the plugin if not required may reduce risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-09-11T23:20:26.471Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 68ef5c7cc4f69c9730e5698f
Added to database: 10/15/2025, 8:34:04 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 3:47:39 PM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 12:13:01 AM
Views: 75
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