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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-23572
CVE-2025-23572:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress plugin UpDownUpDown version 1.1 and earlier, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability was initially reported by researcher SOPROBRO on October 26, 2024, and was officially published on January 16, 2025 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a low severity impact. It falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A1: Broken Access Control. The vulnerability affects unauthenticated users and has been assigned the identifier CVE-2025-23572 (Patchstack).
Impact
This vulnerability could potentially allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The combination of CSRF with Stored XSS capabilities increases the potential impact on affected WordPress installations (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. Given the low severity impact and unlikely exploitation potential, virtual patching has been deemed unnecessary (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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