CVE-2025-28866
Published: 11 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-28866 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Smerriman Login Logger. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 33.1th 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-2025-28866 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, classified under CWE-352, in the smerriman Login Logger (login-logger) WordPress plugin. This issue affects versions from n/a through 1.2.1 inclusive and was published on 2025-03-11.
The vulnerability 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). Attackers require no privileges and can exploit it over the network with low attack complexity, but it demands user interaction, such as a victim visiting a malicious site or clicking a forged link while authenticated to the affected site. Exploitation enables low-impact integrity violations, allowing the attacker to perform unauthorized state-changing actions on behalf of the victim.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/login-logger/vulnerability/wordpress-login-logger-plugin-1-2-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-7835
Vulnerability details
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in smerriman Login Logger login-logger allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Login Logger: from n/a through <= 1.2.1.
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Why these techniques?
CSRF vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of internet-facing applications for unauthorized actions.
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Mitigating Controls
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SC-23 requires mechanisms to protect session authenticity, directly mitigating CSRF by validating that state-changing requests originate from legitimate user sessions.
SI-10 enforces validation of information inputs, such as CSRF tokens, preventing unauthorized forged requests from succeeding on behalf of authenticated users.
SI-2 mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws, directly addressing this CVE through patching the vulnerable WordPress plugin.