CVE-2025-31566: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the Rio Video Gallery WordPress plugin, which also allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability affects all versions of Rio Video Gallery through version 2.3.6. This security issue was disclosed on March 31, 2025, and was assigned the identifier CVE-2025-31566 (NVD, Patchstack).

The vulnerability 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 issue is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). The vulnerability can be exploited without authentication, requiring user interaction to complete the attack chain (Patchstack).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The combination of CSRF with Stored XSS capabilities increases the severity of the impact, as it could lead to persistent malicious code execution in the context of other users' browsers (Patchstack).

No official fix is available for this vulnerability as the software appears to be abandoned. The recommended mitigation strategy is to remove and replace the Rio Video Gallery plugin with an alternative solution. Deactivating the software alone does not remove the security threat unless additional protective measures are implemented (Patchstack).

The vulnerability was initially reported by security researcher Abdi Pranata on January 25, 2025, and was subsequently published by Patchstack on March 31, 2025 (Patchstack).