CVE-2025-24742

Medium

Published: 27 January 2025

Published

27 January 2025

Modified

23 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0021 43.7th percentile

Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-24742 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Codecabin Wp Go Maps. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Spearphishing Link (T1566.002); ranked at the 43.7th 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

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Spearphishing Link (T1566.002) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Directly mitigates the CSRF vulnerability by identifying, patching, and verifying the fix in the WP Go Maps plugin up to version 9.0.40.

SC-23 Session Authenticity good match

prevent

Protects session authenticity using mechanisms like anti-CSRF tokens to prevent forged requests from tricking authenticated users in the WordPress plugin.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Validates inputs such as CSRF tokens in plugin requests to reject unauthorized forged cross-site requests.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access

Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.

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T1204.001 Malicious Link Execution

An adversary may rely upon a user clicking a malicious link in order to gain execution.

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Why these techniques?

CSRF requires tricking authenticated user via forged request delivered through malicious link, directly enabling spearphishing link delivery and user execution of the link.

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

NVD Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WPGMaps WP Go Maps wp-google-maps.This issue affects WP Go Maps: from n/a through <= 9.0.40.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-24742 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the WP Go Maps plugin (wp-google-maps) for WordPress. This issue affects all versions of WP Go Maps from n/a through 9.0.40. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-27 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

A remote attacker with no required privileges can exploit this vulnerability by tricking an authenticated user into performing an unintended action on a web site via a forged request. This requires user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link, and results in low integrity impact with no effects on confidentiality or availability.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-google-maps/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-google-maps-plugin-9-0-40-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents the vulnerability in WP Go Maps version 9.0.40, recommending mitigation through updating to a version beyond 9.0.40 where the issue is addressed.