Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-25101 is a critical-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 43th 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.
The vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-25101, in the MetricThemes Munk Sites WordPress plugin. It affects all versions through 1.0.7 and is assigned CWE-352 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.6. The issue permits an attacker to leverage CSRF to perform unauthorized actions, specifically arbitrary plugin installation on the affected site.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the flaw by crafting a malicious request that is triggered when an authenticated administrator visits a crafted page or link. Successful exploitation grants the attacker the ability to install arbitrary plugins, which can lead to code execution, data compromise, or full site takeover given the reflected scope and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The primary advisory reference from Patchstack characterizes the issue as a CSRF-to-arbitrary-plugin-installation vulnerability and is the source of the coordinated disclosure. No separate vendor patch or mitigation steps are detailed in the available references.
EPSS remains low and unchanged at a peak and current value of 0.0124, indicating no material increase in observed exploitation interest after publication.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-4032
Vulnerability Data
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MetricThemes Munk Sites munk-sites allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Munk Sites: from n/a through <= 1.0.7.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Access enforcement requires verifying that state-changing requests originate from the authenticated user rather than a forged cross-site source.
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.
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.
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.