CVE-2025-25156
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Stanko Metodiev Quote Comments WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 2.2.1. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Abdi Pranata and was publicly disclosed on February 3, 2025. The vulnerability received the identifier CVE-2025-25156 and allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned 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). The technical assessment indicates that the vulnerability requires no authentication to exploit and has a low attack complexity (NVD, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. Additionally, the CSRF vulnerability can lead to stored XSS attacks, potentially compromising the security of the affected WordPress installations (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects Quote Comments plugin versions up to 2.2.1, and users are advised to consider implementing general CSRF protection measures until an official patch is released (Patchstack).

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