Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-23712

CVE-2025-23712:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Kapost WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-23712. The vulnerability affects versions through 2.2.9 of the plugin and was initially reported on October 30, 2024, by researcher SOPROBRO, with public disclosure occurring on January 16, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) that can lead to Stored XSS (Cross-Site Scripting). It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (High), with the following vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (NVD, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The impact is considered to have low severity but includes potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by the CVSS scoring (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to and including 2.2.9 of the Kapost WordPress plugin (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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