CVE-2025-23572 HIGH

CVE-2025-23572: WordPress UpDownUpDown plugin <= 1.1 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Dave Konopka

Product UpDownUpDown

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 Dave Konopka UpDownUpDown updownupdown-postcomment-voting allows Stored XSS.This issue affects UpDownUpDown: from n/a through <= 1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

UpDownUpDown versions 1.1 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 user, performs unwanted actions on their behalf. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application. Users should update to a version newer than 1.1.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a logged-in user into performing unwanted actions (read data, modify settings, delete content) without their knowledge.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' accounts can be compromised to perform actions they did not authorize; data integrity and availability at risk.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

User must visit a malicious webpage while logged into UpDownUpDown; no special attacker privileges required.

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-2025-23572 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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