Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23567

High

Published: 16 January 2025

Published
16 January 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 0.0010 28.0th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23567 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 28.0th 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-2025-23567 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the GDReseller WordPress plugin developed by Tamer Ziady, which enables Stored XSS. The flaw affects GDReseller versions from unknown initial release through 1.6 inclusive, as documented under CWE-352. Published on 2025-01-16, it 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).

Unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) can exploit this over the network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) by tricking authenticated users into interacting with a malicious site (UI:R), such as via a crafted link. This submits a CSRF request that stores an XSS payload on the server. When other users, including admins, view the affected content, the payload executes in an elevated scope (S:C), potentially enabling session hijacking, data theft, or further site compromise, though impacts remain low across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this vulnerability, including patch information for the affected WordPress plugin, accessible at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/gdreseller/vulnerability/wordpress-gdreseller-plugin-1-6-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Tamer Ziady GDReseller gdreseller allows Stored XSS.This issue affects GDReseller: from n/a through <= 1.6.

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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T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection
Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.
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Why these techniques?

CSRF to stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates browser session hijacking via injected JS payloads (T1185).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-23 Session Authenticity good match
prevent

Directly mitigates the CSRF vulnerability by requiring mechanisms like anti-CSRF tokens to verify session authenticity and prevent forged requests that store XSS payloads.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of untrusted inputs to block malicious XSS payloads from being stored on the server via the CSRF exploit.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Filters information outputs to prevent execution of stored XSS payloads when affected content is viewed by users or admins.

References