CVE-2025-23510
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Jan Štětina WordPress Logging Service wordpress-logging-service allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress Logging Service: from n/a through <= 1.5.4.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCSRF vulnerability in WordPress Logging Service plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via Stored XSS by tricking authenticated administrators into visiting crafted pages. The lack of anti-CSRF tokens on sensitive actions enables forced execution of plugin settings changes containing malicious payloads.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify WordPress Logging Service plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate 'WordPress Logging Service' or check the wp-content/plugins directory for the plugin folderAffected if Plugin is not installed on the WordPress instance
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Confirm the plugin is activeIn the Plugins list, check if WordPress Logging Service shows as 'Active' under the plugin statusAffected if Plugin is active and running on the site
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Identify the installed plugin versionClick 'View details' on the plugin in the WordPress plugins list, or open the main plugin PHP file (e.g., wp-logging.php) and look for the version comment/headerAffected if The installed version is older than the patched version or cannot be determined to be current
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Inspect admin action forms for CSRF protectionAccess the plugin settings page (usually under Settings > WP Logging or similar). View page source or examine form HTML to verify each form includes a nonce field (e.g., wp_nonce_field) or CSRF token inputAffected if Forms submitting sensitive settings lack nonce or token fields, indicating no CSRF protection
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Review plugin settings for injected malicious contentNavigate to the plugin settings page and inspect all input fields, dropdowns, and text areas for suspicious JavaScript tags, <script> elements, or unexpected URLsAffected if Plugin settings contain unknown or malicious script payloads that were not intentionally configured by the administrator
If the WordPress Logging Service plugin is active, running an unpatched version, and lacks CSRF nonce protection on its admin forms, the site is vulnerable to CVE-2025-23510 and may already have malicious scripts injected in its settings.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the latest version of the WordPress Logging Service plugin. Until patched, disable the plugin or implement additional CSRF protection on the application level.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-23510 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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