Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23898

CSRF

CSRF
Published
16 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 7.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0020 11th percentile
Risk Priority 51 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23898 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 11th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-23 (Session Authenticity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2025-23898 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the WordPress plugin "Apply with LinkedIn buttons" by ivobrett. The flaw allows Stored XSS and affects all versions from n/a through <= 2.3. 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) and was published on 2025-01-16T21:15:31.497.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low attack complexity by tricking users into performing unintended actions, such as via a malicious webpage. Successful exploitation leads to Stored XSS, enabling limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability in a changed scope, such as executing scripts in the context of the WordPress site for other users.

Mitigation details are available in advisories like the Patchstack database entry at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/apply-with-linkedin-buttons/vulnerability/wordpress-apply-with-linkedin-buttons-plugin-2-3-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ivobrett Apply with LinkedIn buttons apply-with-linkedin-buttons allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Apply with LinkedIn buttons: from n/a through <= 2.3.

CWE(s)
CWE-352

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

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.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.3.2
  • V3.5.1
  • V10.2.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Access enforcement requires verifying that state-changing requests originate from the authenticated user rather than a forged cross-site source.

SC-23 Session Authenticity partial match

Protecting session authenticity prevents attackers from replaying or forging authenticated requests via the victim's browser.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require anti-CSRF controls such as tokens or SameSite attributes.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.23 Web filtering partial match
mitigates

By denying access to phishing or malicious sites, the control lowers the likelihood that a user will be tricked into submitting a forged request that performs an unintended action on another site.

A.5.7 Threat intelligence none match
none

Contextual intelligence about emerging CSRF toolkits can be translated into updated anti-CSRF token or same-site policy configurations across applications.

References