CVE-2025-23661
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Ryan Sutana's NV Slider WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.6. The vulnerability was initially reported on October 29, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2025-23661 and received 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 vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks (NVD, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact has been assessed as having low to moderate severity, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of January 2025, no official fix is 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


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