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CVE-2025-48083: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress plugin wpNamedUsers (versions through 0.5). The vulnerability was reported on October 13, 2025, and was assigned CVE-2025-48083. The issue allows attackers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks through CSRF exploitation (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has received a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). It requires no authentication to exploit, though user interaction is required (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. Additionally, the combination with Stored XSS capabilities increases the severity of potential impacts, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromises (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects wpNamedUsers through version 0.5 (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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