CVE-2025-30586
Published: 24 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-30586 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the bbodine1 cTabs WordPress plugin, affecting all versions from n/a through 1.3 inclusive. Published on 2025-03-24, the flaw allows Stored XSS and is classified under CWE-352 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).
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity and no required privileges, though it necessitates user interaction, such as tricking an authenticated administrator into visiting a malicious webpage. Exploitation via CSRF enables injection of Stored XSS payloads, which execute in the context of the plugin with changed scope, leading to low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/ctabs/vulnerability/wordpress-ctabs-plugin-1-3-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the CSRF-to-Stored XSS vulnerability specifically in cTabs version 1.3 for WordPress.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
The CSRF vulnerability in the public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190) and injection of Stored XSS payloads that execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser context (T1059.007).