CVE-2025-23872 HIGH

CVE-2025-23872: WordPress PayForm plugin <= 2.0 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Payform

Product PayForm

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 payform PayForm payform allows Stored XSS.This issue affects PayForm: from n/a through <= 2.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

PayForm versions 2.0 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 PayForm user, performs unwanted actions on their behalf. The attack requires the user to visit the attacker's page while authenticated. This can lead to unauthorized changes, data modification, or other actions within the PayForm application.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

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

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' PayForm accounts can be compromised to perform unauthorized transactions or configuration changes without their knowledge.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

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

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-2025-23872 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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