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CVE-2025-23844: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Custom Widget Classes plugin affecting versions up to 1.1. The vulnerability was reported by researcher SOPROBRO on December 8, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2025-23844 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base 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).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The CVSS score of 7.1 indicates a significant potential impact on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of January 21, 2025, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been classified 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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