CVE-2025-2168: bdthemes ultimate_store_kit Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-2168 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in bdthemes ultimate_store_kit. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 01-05-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Ultimate Store Kit Elementor Addons, Woocommerce Builder, EDD Builder, Elementor Store Builder, Product Grid, Product Table, Woocommerce Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the dismiss() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to set arbitrary user meta values to `1` which can be leveraged to lock and administrator out of their site via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

• CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.