CVE-2025-23803 HIGH

CVE-2025-23803: WordPress Snippy Plugin <= 1.4.1 - CSRF to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Rik Schennink

Product Snippy

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 22, 2025

Last update May 11, 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 Rik Schennink Snippy snippy allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Snippy: from n/a through <= 1.4.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Snippy versions up to 1.4.1 are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in Snippy user, performs unwanted actions on their behalf. The attack requires the user to visit the attacker's page while authenticated. Impact includes unauthorized data modification and limited information disclosure.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

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

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' Snippy accounts can be compromised to perform unintended actions without their knowledge.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

User must be logged into Snippy and visit an attacker-controlled webpage.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 22, 2025 CVE published

May 11, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23803 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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