CVE-2025-23880
Published: 16 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23880 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-2025-23880 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, mapped to CWE-352, in the amr-personalise WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 2.10 inclusive, allowing CSRF attacks as described in the CVE details published on 2025-01-16.
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 enables network-based exploitation with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction. An unauthenticated attacker can trick an authenticated user into submitting a forged request, potentially leading to stored XSS as noted in vulnerability references, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability alongside a change in scope.
Patchstack advisories document the issue as a CSRF-to-stored XSS vulnerability in the amr-personalise plugin up to version 2.10; see https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/amr-personalise/vulnerability/wordpress-amr-personalise-plugin-2-10-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for mitigation guidance.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3500
Vulnerability details
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in anmari amr personalise amr-personalise allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects amr personalise: from n/a through <= 2.10.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
CSRF vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation via malicious links to perform unauthorized actions leading to stored XSS.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
SI-2 requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws, directly mitigating this CSRF-to-stored XSS vulnerability by mandating patching of the amr-personalise plugin beyond version 2.10.
SC-23 enforces session authenticity mechanisms such as anti-CSRF tokens, preventing unauthenticated attackers from tricking authenticated users into submitting forged requests via cross-site origins.
SI-10 mandates validation of information inputs including CSRF tokens, blocking forged requests that could lead to stored XSS in the vulnerable WordPress plugin.