CVE-2025-26569
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in callmeforsox Post Thumbs WordPress plugin that allows Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This vulnerability affects all versions of Post Thumbs through version 1.5. The vulnerability was disclosed on February 13, 2025 and was assigned CVE-2025-26569 (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 nature of the vulnerability involves a combination of CSRF that can lead to stored XSS, potentially allowing attackers to execute malicious scripts in users' browsers (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication, which can lead to stored cross-site scripting attacks. This creates a potential for attackers to inject and store malicious scripts that could affect other users visiting the affected pages (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been classified as having a low priority for virtual patching (Patchstack).

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