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CVE-2025-23566: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Syed Amir Hussain's Custom Post WordPress plugin that allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability affects Custom Post plugin versions up to 1.0, with no fixed version currently available. The issue was initially reported on October 25, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2025-23566 and received a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.1 (High), with the following vector: 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) and requires no authentication to exploit (NVD, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. Additionally, the CSRF vulnerability can lead to stored XSS attacks, potentially compromising the security of the affected WordPress installations (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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