CVE-2025-23713 HIGH

CVE-2025-23713: WordPress Hack me if you can plugin <= 1.2 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Artanik

Product Hack me if you can

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 Hack me if you can hack-me-if-you-can allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Hack me if you can: from n/a through <= 1.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Hack me if you can versions 1.2 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. 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 site. Update to a version newer than 1.2.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on a user's account by tricking them into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' accounts can be compromised to perform actions without their knowledge or consent.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

A logged-in user must visit an attacker-controlled webpage while authenticated to the vulnerable application.

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-2025-23713 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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