CVE-2025-23508
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in EdesaC Extra Options – Favicons WordPress plugin affecting versions up to 1.1.0. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2025-23508 and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) that can lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). It received a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium) according to the assessment (Wordfence).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication, potentially leading to stored cross-site scripting attacks (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability as reported by security researchers (Patchstack).

Additional resources


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