CVE-2025-23922
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the iSpring Embedder WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2025-23922. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 1.0 of the plugin, with the disclosure date of January 16, 2025. The vulnerability allows attackers to upload a Web Shell to a Web Server through CSRF attacks (Patchstack, WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function within the iSpring Embedder plugin. It has received a critical CVSS v3.1 base score of 10.0 with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and no privileges required. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) (Patchstack, NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files to the web server via forged requests, provided they can trick a site administrator into performing specific actions such as clicking on a malicious link. This could lead to complete compromise of the affected system through web shell upload (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects iSpring Embedder plugin version 1.0 and earlier versions (Patchstack).

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