CVE-2025-23442 HIGH

CVE-2025-23442: WordPress Shockingly Big IE6 Warning plugin <= 1.6.3 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Mschertel

Product Shockingly Big IE6 Warning

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 16, 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 mschertel Shockingly Big IE6 Warning shockingly-big-ie6-warning allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Shockingly Big IE6 Warning: from n/a through <= 1.6.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Shockingly Big IE6 Warning versions up to 1.6.3 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in user, performs unwanted actions on their behalf. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

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

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' accounts can be compromised to perform actions without their knowledge or consent.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

User must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage or link.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 16, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23442 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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