CVE-2025-23508 HIGH

CVE-2025-23508: WordPress Extra Options – Favicons plugin <= 1.1.0 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Origothemes

Product Extra Options – Favicons

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 OrigoThemes Extra Options – Favicons extra-options-favicons allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Extra Options – Favicons: from n/a through <= 1.1.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Extra Options – Favicons through version 1.1.0 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unauthorized actions on the site without the admin's knowledge. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or data through CSRF if an admin visits a malicious link while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must be logged in to WordPress and visit an attacker-controlled page.

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-2025-23508 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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