CVE-2025-25093: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in paulswarthout Child Themes Helper
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in paulswarthout Child Themes Helper child-themes-helper allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Child Themes Helper: from n/a through <= 2.2.7.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in the Child Themes Helper plugin (versions <= 2.2.7) combines CSRF with path traversal, enabling an attacker to trick authenticated users into executing unwanted actions that may lead to denial of service or other disruptions. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, high attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, no confidentiality or integrity impact, but high availability impact.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause high impact on availability, potentially disrupting the normal operation of the affected system. There is no direct impact on confidentiality or integrity according to the CVSS vector. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor for vendor updates. Applying general CSRF mitigations such as verifying user actions and using anti-CSRF tokens may help reduce risk until an official fix is available.
CVE-2025-25093: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in paulswarthout Child Themes Helper
Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in paulswarthout Child Themes Helper child-themes-helper allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Child Themes Helper: from n/a through <= 2.2.7.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in the Child Themes Helper plugin (versions <= 2.2.7) combines CSRF with path traversal, enabling an attacker to trick authenticated users into executing unwanted actions that may lead to denial of service or other disruptions. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, high attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, no confidentiality or integrity impact, but high availability impact.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause high impact on availability, potentially disrupting the normal operation of the affected system. There is no direct impact on confidentiality or integrity according to the CVSS vector. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor for vendor updates. Applying general CSRF mitigations such as verifying user actions and using anti-CSRF tokens may help reduce risk until an official fix is available.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2025-02-03T13:34:21.524Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 69cd7288e6bfc5ba1deeab73
Added to database: 4/1/2026, 7:31:20 PM
Last enriched: 5/1/2026, 9:44:18 AM
Last updated: 5/21/2026, 7:13:10 PM
Views: 21
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