CVE-2025-39441
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-39441 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability discovered in the Dashboard Notepads WordPress plugin that allows Stored XSS attacks. The vulnerability affects Dashboard Notepads versions through 1.2.1 and was disclosed on April 17, 2025 (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) and allows unauthenticated attackers to execute unwanted actions under the authentication of privileged users (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability enables attackers to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication through CSRF attacks, which can lead to stored XSS. This creates potential risks for unauthorized actions and data manipulation within the WordPress dashboard (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 severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

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