CVE-2025-23677
Published: 16 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23677 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 31.2th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
SI-2 directly mitigates the CVE by requiring timely identification, reporting, and remediation of the CSRF-to-stored-XSS flaw in the vulnerable WordPress plugin.
SC-23 prevents CSRF exploitation by enforcing session authenticity mechanisms, such as tokens, blocking unauthorized requests that store XSS payloads.
SI-10 blocks the storage of malicious XSS payloads by validating and sanitizing inputs submitted via the CSRF vector in the plugin.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CSRF in public-facing WordPress plugin triggered via crafted link to store XSS payload enabling JavaScript execution in browsers.
NVD Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in DSmidge HTTP to HTTPS link changer by Eyga.net https-links-in-content allows Stored XSS.This issue affects HTTP to HTTPS link changer by Eyga.net: from n/a through <= 0.2.4.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-23677 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the WordPress plugin "HTTP to HTTPS link changer by Eyga.net," also known as https-links-in-content or DSmidge. This flaw allows for Stored XSS and affects all versions up to and including 0.2.4. The vulnerability received 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, user interaction dependency, changed scope, and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers over the network who trick a legitimate user—typically an authenticated WordPress administrator or editor—into performing an unintended action, such as submitting a malicious request via a crafted link or form. This CSRF action enables the storage of an XSS payload on the site, which then executes in the browser of subsequent users viewing affected content, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft, or further site compromise within the plugin's scope.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/https-links-in-content/vulnerability/wordpress-http-to-https-link-changer-by-eyga-net-plugin-0-2-4-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the issue specific to this WordPress plugin, though specific mitigation steps or patch availability are not detailed in the provided references.
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