Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22658

High

Published: 27 March 2025

Published
27 March 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0007 22.2th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22658 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 22.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-23 (Session Authenticity) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-22658 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Listings for Appfolio (listings-for-appfolio) that allows Stored XSS. The issue affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.2.0.

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 such as clicking a malicious link. Any unauthenticated attacker can exploit it by tricking an authenticated user into performing a state-changing action via a forged request, resulting in Stored XSS execution in the context of the WordPress site.

Patchstack has documented the vulnerability in its database, detailing the CSRF-to-Stored XSS issue in Listings for Appfolio version 1.2.0. Practitioners should consult the advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/listings-for-appfolio/vulnerability/wordpress-listings-for-appfolio-plugin-1-2-0-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for recommended mitigations and any available patches.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Listings for Appfolio Listings for Appfolio listings-for-appfolio allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Listings for Appfolio: from n/a through <= 1.2.0.

CWE(s)
CWE-352

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is a CSRF leading to Stored XSS in a public-facing WordPress plugin, directly enabling exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190). The Stored XSS payload allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the browser context of authenticated users (T1059.007).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-23 Session Authenticity good match
prevent

Enforces session authenticity to prevent forged CSRF requests that trick authenticated users into storing XSS payloads via the Listings for Appfolio plugin.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validates inputs to block malicious XSS payloads from being stored through the CSRF vulnerability in the plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Timely flaw remediation via patching the Listings for Appfolio plugin up to version 1.2.0 directly eliminates the CSRF-to-Stored XSS vulnerability.

References