CVE-2025-25123
Published: 07 February 2025
Description
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-25123 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the xdark Easy Related Posts (easy-related-posts) WordPress plugin that allows Stored XSS. This issue affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through version 2.0.2 inclusive.
The vulnerability carries 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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated users into submitting malicious requests, enabling the storage of XSS payloads that execute in the context of changed scope, with low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/easy-related-posts/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-related-posts-plugin-2-0-2-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability specifically in Easy Related Posts version 2.0.2.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
The CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability in a public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the application over the network (T1190) and facilitates arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context via the stored XSS payload (T1059.007).