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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).
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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