CVE-2025-22571 HIGH

CVE-2025-22571: WordPress Instabot plugin <= 1.10 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Instabot

Product Instabot

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 7, 2025

Last update April 28, 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 instabot Instabot instabot allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Instabot: from n/a through <= 1.10.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Instabot versions 1.10 and earlier are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in Instabot user, performs unwanted actions on their account without their knowledge. The attack requires the user to visit the attacker's page while authenticated. Impact is limited to low-level confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on a user's Instabot account by tricking them into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users of Instabot versions 1.10 or earlier may have their accounts compromised through CSRF attacks if they visit untrusted websites.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

User must be logged into Instabot and visit an attacker-controlled webpage while authenticated.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 7, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22571 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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