CVE-2025-22589
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress plugin Quote Tweet, affecting all versions up to and including 0.7. The vulnerability was disclosed on January 7, 2025, and allows attackers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks (Patchstack, WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function within the Quote Tweet plugin. The issue has been assigned CVE-2025-22589 and received a CVSS v3.1 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 under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability makes it possible for 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 known fix available for this vulnerability. Website administrators using the Quote Tweet plugin should consider removing or disabling the plugin until a security patch is released (WPScan).

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