PT-2025-14475 · WordPress · Time Machine

Johannes Skamletz + 1 · Published 2025-04-02 · Updated 2025-04-02 · CVE-2025-3097

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wp Time Machine plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.4.0

Description The issue is related to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'wpTimeMachineCore.php' page. This allows unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing a specific action, such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.4.0, update to a version that includes the fix for the nonce validation issue to prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the 'wpTimeMachineCore.php' page to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-3097

Affected Products

Time Machine

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3097 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1907551257205858379 · Twitter Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-time-machine · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f44fdbb2-abb8-488f-bdc0-ec6eea93d92a?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/20567 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-time-machine/trunk/includes/wpTimeMachineCore.php#L86 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/21861 · Telegram Post