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CVE-2025-22571:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2025-22571 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability discovered in the Instabot WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 1.10. The vulnerability was disclosed on January 7, 2025, and was discovered by researcher SOPROBRO (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function within the Instabot WordPress plugin. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD, Patchstack).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to and including 1.10 of the Instabot WordPress plugin (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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