CVE-2025-28922

CVE-2025-28922 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the Go To Top WordPress plugin developed by Terence D. The flaw enables Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and affects all versions of the plugin from its initial release through 0.0.8 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 with low attack complexity.

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely without authentication privileges by tricking a targeted user, typically a site administrator, into interacting with a malicious webpage (UI:R). This user interaction triggers a CSRF request that injects and stores malicious XSS payloads on the affected WordPress site. Successful exploitation results in low-level impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope that elevates the effective privileges of the injected script for subsequent users viewing the tampered content.

Mitigation guidance is available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/go-to-top/vulnerability/wordpress-go-to-top-plugin-0-0-8-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which details the vulnerability in the context of the Go To Top WordPress plugin version 0.0.8. Security practitioners should update to a patched version if available or disable the plugin on affected sites.