Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-25138

High

Published: 07 February 2025

Published
07 February 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-2025-25138 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-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-25138 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the WordPress plugin Rishi On Page SEO + Whatsapp Chat Button (ops-robots-txt) that enables Stored XSS. The vulnerability affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 2.0.0. It was published on 2025-02-07 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).

A remote attacker requires no privileges and can exploit the vulnerability over the network with low complexity by tricking an authenticated user into performing an unintended action via a forged request, which requires user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to Stored XSS, allowing the attacker to achieve low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory provides further details on the vulnerability, including mitigation guidance, at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/ops-robots-txt/vulnerability/wordpress-on-page-seo-social-live-chat-formerly-ops-plugin-2-0-0-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rishi On Page SEO + Whatsapp Chat Button ops-robots-txt allows Stored XSS.This issue affects On Page SEO + Whatsapp Chat Button: from n/a through <= 2.0.0.

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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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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Why these techniques?

CSRF to Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 exploitation and facilitates arbitrary JavaScript execution via T1059.007.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-23 Session Authenticity good match
prevent

Enforces session authenticity mechanisms like anti-CSRF tokens to prevent forged requests from tricking authenticated users into storing XSS payloads via the vulnerable WordPress plugin endpoint.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validates and sanitizes user inputs to the plugin to block malicious XSS scripts from being stored even if a CSRF request succeeds.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Provides timely flaw remediation by patching the specific CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability in the ops-robots-txt plugin up to version 2.0.0.

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