CVE-2025-23569

Summary

CVE-2025-23569 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting the Kelvin Ng Shortcode in Comment plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack, leading to Stored XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) vulnerabilities. The CSRF exploit takes advantage of the comment section, impacting all versions from n/a through 1.1.1. Attackers can inject malicious scripts into targeted users' comments, which may result in data theft, session hijacking, or website defacement. It is strongly recommended that users update to the latest, secure version of the plugin to mitigate this risk.

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