CVE-2025-23558
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 digitalfisherman Geotagged Media geotagged-media allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Geotagged Media: from n/a through <= 0.3.0.
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 · moderate confidenceA Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the geotagged-media plugin (versions <= 0.3.0) allows authenticated users to be tricked into submitting malicious requests that inject stored XSS payloads into the application. The attacker crafts a malicious link or form that, when triggered by a logged-in user, causes the browser to perform unauthorized actions that persist malicious scripts to the database.
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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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Locate the geotagged-media plugin installationSearch the web server's plugin directory for the geotagged-media folder. Common paths: /wp-content/plugins/ for WordPress, or check the application's plugin/module directory for other CMS platforms.Affected if The plugin folder exists and contains plugin files.
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Identify the installed versionOpen the main plugin file (often named geotagged-media.php, plugin.php, or similar) and locate the version declaration in the header comment or a VERSION constant.Affected if The version number is 0.3.0 or lower, or no version is declared (implying an old or unmaintained plugin).
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Verify the plugin is activeCheck the application admin panel or database for plugin status. In WordPress, query the wp_options table for option_name containing 'active_plugins' and check if geotagged-media is listed.Affected if The plugin is installed and currently activated in the application.
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Confirm authenticated user sessions are possibleVerify that the application supports user authentication and that user accounts exist. Check if session cookies or tokens are issued upon login.Affected if The application allows user registration/login, providing a context where CSRF attacks against authenticated users are possible.
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Inspect for missing CSRF protection in the pluginExamine the plugin's PHP files for form submissions and state-changing actions (POST/GET requests). Search for presence of nonces, wp_verify_nonce, csrf_token, or SameSite cookie attributes. If these are absent on forms that modify data, the vulnerability likely exists.Affected if The plugin contains forms or URL-based actions that modify data without verifying CSRF tokens.
A user is affected if the geotagged-media plugin (version 0.3.0 or lower) is installed and active in a system that allows authenticated user sessions, and the plugin lacks anti-CSRF protections on its state-changing operations.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations and apply proper input validation and output encoding to prevent XSS injection. Additionally, set SameSite attributes on session cookies.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-23558 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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