CVE-2025-2319

High

Published: 25 March 2025

Published

25 March 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0044 63.3th percentile

Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-2319 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 36.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SC-23 Session Authenticity good match

prevent

SC-23 directly mitigates CSRF by requiring mechanisms like synchronizer tokens or nonces to protect session authenticity against forged requests.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

SI-10 requires validation of information inputs, including nonce checks, to prevent forged requests from executing arbitrary code.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

SI-2 ensures timely flaw remediation by updating the vulnerable plugin to version 5.25.10, which adds the missing nonce validation.

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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Why these techniques?

The CSRF vulnerability in the public-facing WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to trick an administrator into clicking a malicious link that forges a request to execute arbitrary code, directly enabling initial access via exploitation of a public-facing application leading to full server compromise.

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

NVD Description

The EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 4.11.13 to 5.25.08. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'ELISQLREPORTS_menu' function. This makes it possible…

for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Version 5.25.10 adds a nonce check, which makes this vulnerability exploitable by admins only.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-2319 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, affecting the EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup plugin for WordPress in versions 4.11.13 through 5.25.08. The issue stems from missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'ELISQLREPORTS_menu' function, earning a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). It was published on 2025-03-25.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a site administrator into performing an action, such as clicking a malicious link, which triggers a forged request to execute arbitrary code on the server. Successful exploitation grants high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability effects, potentially allowing full server compromise.

Version 5.25.10 of the plugin resolves the vulnerability by adding a nonce check, limiting exploitation to authenticated administrators only. References to plugin source code in earlier vulnerable versions (e.g., 4.11.13, 4.11.15, 4.11.33, 4.11.37, 4.16.38) are available via WordPress plugin trac repositories for further analysis.