CVE-2025-25156 HIGH

CVE-2025-25156: WordPress Quote Comments plugin <= 3.0.0 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Stanko Metodiev

Product Quote Comments

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published February 7, 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 Stanko Metodiev Quote Comments quote-comments allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Quote Comments: from n/a through <= 3.0.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Quote Comments versions 3.0.0 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 their knowledge. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the admin must visit the attacker's page while authenticated.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform actions on the site (create, modify, or delete content) on behalf of a logged-in administrator without their consent.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can trick administrators into unknowingly modifying site content or settings via a malicious link or webpage.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

A site administrator must visit an attacker-controlled webpage while logged into the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

February 7, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25156 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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