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-2025-25125 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-2025-25125 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the fyrebox-shortcode component of the CyrilG Fyrebox Quizzes WordPress plugin. This issue enables Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and affects Fyrebox Quizzes versions from n/a through 3.1 inclusive. The vulnerability 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), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility and scope change.
Unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) can exploit this vulnerability remotely (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L), though it requires user interaction (UI:R), such as a victim visiting a malicious site. Exploitation involves tricking an authenticated user into submitting a forged request via CSRF, leading to stored XSS injection. This allows attackers to achieve low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L) within a changed security scope (S:C), potentially executing scripts in the context of other users viewing affected quiz content.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/fyrebox-shortcode/vulnerability/wordpress-fyrebox-quizzes-plugin-2-7-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this as a CSRF-to-stored XSS issue specifically in Fyrebox Quizzes plugin version 2.7, consistent with the broader CVE impact up to 3.1. Security practitioners should consult the advisory for recommended mitigations, such as updating to a patched version of the plugin.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-4044
Vulnerability Data
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in CyrilG Fyrebox Quizzes fyrebox-shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Fyrebox Quizzes: from n/a through <= 3.1.
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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.