CVE-2025-22520 HIGH

CVE-2025-22520: WordPress Tock Widget Plugin <= 1.1 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Tock

Product Tock Widget

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 7, 2025

Last update May 11, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Tock Tock Widget tock-widget allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Tock Widget: from n/a through <= 1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Tock Widget versions 1.1 and earlier are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in user, performs unwanted actions on their behalf through the widget. The attack requires the user to visit the attacker's page while authenticated. This can lead to unauthorized changes, data disclosure, or service disruption depending on what actions the widget performs.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on behalf of a logged-in user by tricking them into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' accounts could be compromised to perform unintended actions; data could be modified or exposed without their knowledge.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

User must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage while the vulnerable widget is active.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 7, 2025 CVE published

May 11, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22520 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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