Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-25123 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 5th 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-2025-25123 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the xdark Easy Related Posts (easy-related-posts) WordPress plugin that allows Stored XSS. This issue affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through version 2.0.2 inclusive.
The vulnerability 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), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated users into submitting malicious requests, enabling the storage of XSS payloads that execute in the context of changed scope, with low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/easy-related-posts/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-related-posts-plugin-2-0-2-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability specifically in Easy Related Posts version 2.0.2.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-4043
Vulnerability Data
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in xdark Easy Related Posts easy-related-posts allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Related Posts: from n/a through <= 2.0.2.
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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.