CVE-2025-28932
Published: 11 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-28932 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the BCS Website Solutions Insert Code WordPress plugin (insert-code) that allows Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). Published on 2025-03-11, the issue affects versions from n/a through <=2.4 and is associated with CWE-352.
Attackers with network access can exploit this vulnerability without privileges (PR:N), though it requires user interaction (UI:R) and has low attack complexity (AC:L). Exploitation via CSRF enables the storage of XSS payloads, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L) with changed scope (S:C), as reflected in the CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1.
The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this WordPress plugin vulnerability, including vulnerability assessment and recommendations: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/insert-code/vulnerability/wordpress-insert-code-plugin-2-4-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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 public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates execution of arbitrary JavaScript code via XSS (T1059.007).