CVE-2025-23717
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 itmooti Theme My Ontraport Smartform theme-my-ontraport-smartform allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Theme My Ontraport Smartform: from n/a through <= 1.2.11.
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 Theme My Ontraport Smartform WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into submitting malicious requests that result in Stored XSS. The lack of proper CSRF protection combined with insufficient input sanitization enables attackers to inject persistent malicious scripts into the plugin's data storage, which then executes when other users view the compromised content.
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.
-
Confirm plugin presenceNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and locate 'Theme My Ontraport Smartform' in the installed plugins list. Check if the plugin is active.Affected if plugin is installed and active in WordPress
-
Identify installed versionIn Plugins list, click on the plugin to view details, or open the main plugin file (usually in wp-content/plugins/theme-my-ontraport-smartform/) and check the Version header in the plugin comments. Compare against the latest version available at wordpress.org/plugins.Affected if installed version is older than the patched version (update available)
-
Review plugin settings for stored scriptsAccess the plugin settings page in WordPress admin (usually under Settings or a dedicated menu item for 'Theme My Ontraport Smartform'). Inspect all text fields, especially any fields that accept custom content, HTML, or JavaScript for stored XSS payloads. Look for <script> tags, javascript: URIs, or event handlers like onload, onerror.Affected if plugin settings contain unexpected script tags or event handler attributes
-
Audit admin activity logsCheck WordPress audit logs, activity logs from security plugins, or server access logs for POST requests to plugin admin pages originating from admin sessions that may have been tricked via CSRF. Look for unexpected settings changes or form submissions.Affected if admin actions in logs that were not intentionally performed or originated from unexpected referrers
User is affected if the Theme My Ontraport Smartform plugin is installed, the version is unpatched, or malicious scripts are found stored in plugin configuration data.
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 the plugin to the latest version which should include CSRF token validation on all state-changing forms and proper sanitization/escaping of stored data before output. If no update is available, implement nonce verification on plugin forms and use WordPress sanitization functions (sanitize_text_field, esc_attr, esc_html) for all user inputs and outputs.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $2,272.
Scan for this in your stack
Free · runs locallyCheck whether your project pulls in CVE-2025-23717 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.
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-2025-23717 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
No notes yet
Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.
A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.
- Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data