CVE-2025-23665

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 0.0006 17.6th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23665 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 17.6th 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-2025-23665 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the RSV GMaps (rsv-google-maps) WordPress plugin developed by Ravi Kumar Vanukuru. The flaw enables Stored XSS and affects all versions from n/a through 1.5 inclusive. 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).

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network without requiring privileges, though it demands user interaction. By crafting a malicious webpage or resource, an unauthenticated remote attacker can trick an authenticated user into submitting a CSRF request that stores an XSS payload in the plugin, leading to execution in the context of other users viewing the affected content and achieving low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this WordPress plugin vulnerability, including assessment and recommended actions for mitigation.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3328

Vulnerability details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Ravi Kumar Vanukuru RSV GMaps rsv-google-maps allows Stored XSS.This issue affects RSV GMaps: from n/a through <= 1.5.

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?

CSRF in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application); stored XSS payload enables T1059.007 (JavaScript execution in victim browsers).

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