CVE-2025-26582
Published: 13 February 2025
Description
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-26582 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the WordPress plugin TinyMCE Advanced qTranslate fix editor problems (plugin slug: tinymce-advanced-qtranslate-fix-editor-problems). This flaw enables Stored XSS and affects all versions from n/a through 1.0.0. The vulnerability was published on 2025-02-13 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).
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low attack complexity by tricking targeted users—typically authenticated WordPress editors or administrators—into interacting with a malicious webpage or link (UI:R). This user interaction submits a forged CSRF request that stores an XSS payload on the site, achieving a scope change with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this CSRF-to-Stored XSS vulnerability in the plugin version 1.0.0: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/tinymce-advanced-qtranslate-fix-editor-problems/vulnerability/wordpress-tinymce-advanced-qtranslate-fix-editor-problems-plugin-1-0-0-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
CSRF-to-Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim browsers (T1059.007).