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CVE-2025-23573: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP Background Tile WordPress plugin contains a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-23573, affecting all versions up to and including 1.0. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher SOPROBRO and publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025. This security issue allows unauthenticated attackers to potentially inject malicious web scripts through forged requests (WPScan, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on certain functions within the plugin. It has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium) and is classified under CWE-352. The vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A2: Broken Authentication and Session Management (WPScan).

Impact

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts through forged requests. The attack requires tricking a site administrator into performing specific actions, such as clicking on a malicious link (WPScan, Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects version 1.0 and earlier versions of the WP Background Tile plugin (WPScan, Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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