CVE-2025-25140 HIGH

CVE-2025-25140: WordPress Simple User Profile plugin <= 1.9 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Scriptonite

Product Simple User Profile

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published February 7, 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 Scriptonite Simple User Profile simple-user-profile allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Simple User Profile: from n/a through <= 1.9.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Simple User Profile versions 1.9 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the admin's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking a logged-in admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings, user data, or content if an admin visits a malicious link while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

A site admin must be logged in and visit a page controlled by the attacker.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

February 7, 2025 CVE published

May 11, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25140 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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