CVE-2025-23692 HIGH

CVE-2025-23692: WordPress Slider for Writers plugin <= 1.3 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Artanik

Product Slider for Writers

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 artanik Slider for Writers slider-for-writers allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Slider for Writers: from n/a through <= 1.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Slider for Writers versions 1.3 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the admin's knowledge or consent. 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 the site by tricking a logged-in admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site content, settings, or user accounts by exploiting an admin's active session.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

A logged-in site administrator must visit a webpage controlled by the attacker.

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-2025-23692 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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