CVE-2025-23471 HIGH

CVE-2025-23471: WordPress ECT Add to Cart Button plugin <= 1.4 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Etemplates

Product ECT Add to Cart Button

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 etemplates ECT Add to Cart Button ect-add-to-cart-button allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ECT Add to Cart Button: from n/a through <= 1.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

ECT Add to Cart Button versions 1.4 and earlier are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site (add to cart, modify settings) on behalf of a logged-in administrator.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker could modify cart settings or trigger unintended cart actions if an admin visits a compromised or attacker-controlled page.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Administrator must visit a malicious webpage while logged into the WordPress site.

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-2025-23471 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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