Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-24549

High

Published: 31 January 2025

Published
31 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 0.0013 32.0th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-24549 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 32.0th 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-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-24549 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Post Meta WordPress plugin developed by Mahbubur Rahman. The flaw allows for Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0.9. It is associated with CWE-352 and 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).

Remote attackers without privileges can exploit this vulnerability by tricking authenticated users into performing actions via a malicious website, such as submitting a forged request that triggers reflected XSS. Successful exploitation requires user interaction and results in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/post-meta/vulnerability/wordpress-post-meta-plugin-1-0-9-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on this reflected XSS issue in the Post Meta plugin version 1.0.9. Security practitioners should review this reference for guidance on available patches or mitigation measures.

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Vulnerability details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Mahbubur Rahman Post Meta post-meta allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Post Meta: from n/a through <= 1.0.9.

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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Why these techniques?

The CVE describes a CSRF vulnerability in a public-facing WordPress plugin that enables reflected XSS, directly mapping to exploitation of a public-facing application for initial access or client-side impact.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates the CSRF-to-reflected XSS vulnerability by requiring timely patching of the Post Meta WordPress plugin versions <=1.0.9.

SC-23 Session Authenticity good match
prevent

Protects against CSRF by enforcing session authenticity mechanisms such as anti-CSRF tokens or SameSite cookies to prevent forged requests from malicious sites.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

Filters information outputs to block reflected XSS payloads triggered by the CSRF exploitation in the Post Meta plugin.

References