CVE-2025-23456 HIGH

CVE-2025-23456: WordPress EmailShroud plugin <= 2.2.1 - CSRF to Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Oddthinking

Product EmailShroud

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 Oddthinking EmailShroud emailshroud allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects EmailShroud: from n/a through <= 2.2.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

EmailShroud versions 2.2.1 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 EmailShroud user, performs unwanted actions on their behalf. The attack requires the user to visit the attacker's page while authenticated. This can lead to unauthorized changes, data exposure, or service disruption depending on what actions the application allows.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

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

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' EmailShroud accounts can be compromised without their knowledge if they visit untrusted sites while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

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

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-2025-23456 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html

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