CVE-2025-48083 HIGH

CVE-2025-48083: WordPress wpNamedUsers plugin <= 0.5 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Andriassundskard

Product wpNamedUsers

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published November 6, 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 andriassundskard wpNamedUsers wpnamedusers allows Stored XSS.This issue affects wpNamedUsers: from n/a through <= 0.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

wpNamedUsers versions 0.5 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 vulnerability requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site. This can lead to unauthorized changes to site configuration or data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

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

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Admins could unknowingly make changes to site settings or data if tricked into visiting a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

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

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

November 6, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48083 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html

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