CVE-2025-23880
Published: 16 January 2025
Description
An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23880 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, mapped to CWE-352, in the amr-personalise WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 2.10 inclusive, allowing CSRF attacks as described in the CVE details published on 2025-01-16.
With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), the vulnerability enables network-based exploitation with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction. An unauthenticated attacker can trick an authenticated user into submitting a forged request, potentially leading to stored XSS as noted in vulnerability references, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability alongside a change in scope.
Patchstack advisories document the issue as a CSRF-to-stored XSS vulnerability in the amr-personalise plugin up to version 2.10; see https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/amr-personalise/vulnerability/wordpress-amr-personalise-plugin-2-10-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for mitigation guidance.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
CSRF vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation via malicious links to perform unauthorized actions leading to stored XSS.