CVE-2025-23720 HIGH

CVE-2025-23720: WordPress Web Push plugin <= 1.4.0 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Marco Castelluccio

Product Web Push

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 Marco Castelluccio Web Push web-push allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Web Push: from n/a through <= 1.4.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Web Push versions 1.4.0 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 attack requires the user to visit the attacker's page while authenticated. This affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on behalf of a logged-in user 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 if they visit untrusted sites while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

User must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage; no special 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-2025-23720 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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