CVE-2025-23793
Published: 16 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23793 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 33.5th 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-2025-23793 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Auto FTP WordPress plugin developed by Ciprian Turcu that enables Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The issue affects Auto FTP versions from an unspecified initial release through 1.0.1 and is associated with CWE-352.
With 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), the vulnerability can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity by unauthenticated attackers requiring user interaction. Exploitation involves tricking a user, such as an administrator, into performing a CSRF-triggered action that stores an XSS payload, allowing script execution in the context of authenticated users viewing affected pages and resulting in low-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability violations.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/auto-ftp/vulnerability/wordpress-auto-ftp-plugin-1-0-1-csrf-to-stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the CSRF-to-stored XSS vulnerability in the WordPress Auto FTP plugin version 1.0.1. Security practitioners should consult this reference for mitigation guidance, such as updating the plugin or implementing CSRF protections.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3425
Vulnerability details
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Ciprian Turcu Auto FTP auto-ftp allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Auto FTP: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CSRF to stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of web app (T1190) and JS payload execution in browser context (T1059.007).
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requires timely remediation of the specific CSRF-to-stored XSS flaw in the Auto FTP WordPress plugin through patching or updates.
Enforces session authenticity mechanisms like anti-CSRF tokens to block forged cross-site requests that store XSS payloads.
Validates and sanitizes inputs to prevent acceptance and storage of malicious XSS payloads triggered by CSRF attacks.