CVE-2025-23654
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 krolow Twitter Post twitterpost allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Twitter Post: from n/a through <= 0.1.
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 CSRF vulnerability in the krolow Twitter Post WordPress plugin (version <= 0.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to craft malicious requests that induce stored XSS when administrators view injected content. The lack of anti-CSRF tokens in state-changing operations enables attackers to force the plugin to store malicious scripts.
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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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Identify if the krolow Twitter Post plugin is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory or the plugins list in wp-admin for 'krolow Twitter Post' or 'twitter-post'Affected if The plugin appears in your installed plugins list
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Determine the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find the version number listed for krolow Twitter Post; alternatively, check the plugin's main PHP file for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment blockAffected if The version is 0.1 or lower, or no version is displayed (indicating an old unversioned release)
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Inspect plugin forms for anti-CSRF protectionExamine the plugin's PHP source code (typically in wp-content/plugins/twitter-post/) and search for form submissions and state-changing operations (admin_post, wp_ajax, or similar handlers); check if each uses wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_refererAffected if Forms handling state changes lack nonce verification calls or the nonce check is missing entirely
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Verify input sanitization in stored contentSearch the plugin code for functions that save user input to the database (such as update_option, add_post_meta, or direct database inserts); check if sanitization functions like sanitize_text_field, esc_attr, or prepared statements are used before storageAffected if User-supplied data is stored without sanitization or uses unsanitized variables in database queries
You are affected if the krolow Twitter Post plugin version is 0.1 or lower AND the plugin's state-changing operations lack nonce verification, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts via CSRF.
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 (nonces) on all form submissions and state-changing operations, combined with proper input sanitization and output encoding to prevent stored XSS. Consider migrating to an actively maintained alternative plugin.
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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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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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