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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-23456

CVE-2025-23456: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in EmailShroud plugin versions through 2.2.1, which allows Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability was identified on January 16, 2025, and assigned CVE-2025-23456 (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability 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 issue is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and affects the EmailShroud WordPress plugin developed by Somethinkodd.com Development Team (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication through CSRF attacks, which can lead to reflected cross-site scripting (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers remotely. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring user interaction for successful exploitation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects EmailShroud versions through 2.2.1 (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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