CVE-2025-31444 HIGH

CVE-2025-31444: WordPress ShowTime Slideshow plugin <= 1.6 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Youtag

Product ShowTime Slideshow

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published March 28, 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 youtag ShowTime Slideshow showtime-slideshow allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ShowTime Slideshow: from n/a through <= 1.6.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

ShowTime Slideshow versions 1.6 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 site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without their knowledge. The attack requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated. This can lead to unauthorized changes to site content or settings.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

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

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled page; no special privileges required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 28, 2025 CVE published

May 11, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31444 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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