CVE-2025-23712 HIGH

CVE-2025-23712: WordPress Kapost plugin <= 2.2.9 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Kapostintegrations

Product Kapost

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 kapostintegrations Kapost kapost-byline allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Kapost: from n/a through <= 2.2.9.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Kapost versions up to 2.2.9 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that allows an attacker to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of a logged-in user. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the victim must visit a malicious page or click a crafted link while authenticated to Kapost. Successful exploitation can result in unauthorized changes to data or settings within the application.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions on behalf of a logged-in Kapost user, such as modifying data or settings.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

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

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged into Kapost and visit an attacker-controlled page or click a malicious link.

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-2025-23712 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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