CVE-2025-23861 HIGH

CVE-2025-23861: WordPress Debt Calculator plugin <= 1.0.1 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Zack Katz

Product Debt Calculator

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 16, 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 Zack Katz Debt Calculator debt-calculator allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Debt Calculator: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Debt Calculator versions 1.0.1 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 within the application without the user's knowledge. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect 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 unintended actions if they visit malicious sites while using Debt Calculator.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

User must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage or link.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 16, 2025 CVE published

May 11, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23861 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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