CVE-2025-8481

Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid <= 1.1.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

4.3 Medium

The Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.1.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the bdfe_install_activate_rswpbs_only function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install the 'rs-wp-books-showcase' plugin via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.13%Up 0.1 points since Sep 11, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used4.3

Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid <= 1.1.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Record: CVE-2025-8481
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-276494.3

Record: EUVD-2025-27649
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j2m5-7mfc-pj5x4.3

The Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid plugin for WordPress is...

Record: GHSA-j2m5-7mfc-pj5x
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD4.3

Record: CVE-2025-8481
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

mdimran41 blog designer for elementor – post slider, post carousel, post grid

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-8481 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Mdimran41 Blog Designer For Elementor – Post Slider, Post Carousel, Post Grid, published September 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.