CVE-2025-25140
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 Scriptonite Simple User Profile simple-user-profile allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Simple User Profile: from n/a through <= 1.9.
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 confidenceThe Simple User Profile plugin has a CSRF vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into user profiles. When authenticated users visit the compromised profile, the stored XSS executes in their browsers, potentially stealing session cookies or performing actions on behalf of the victim.
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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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Confirm Simple User Profile plugin installationCheck your WordPress plugins directory or admin panel for 'Simple User Profile' plugin. Look for the plugin folder in /wp-content/plugins/ or check the installed plugins list in WordPress admin.Affected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Identify the installed plugin versionCheck the plugin header in the main PHP file (usually simple-user-profile.php or similar) for the 'Version' comment, or view the version in WordPress plugin admin panel.Affected if Version is at or below the first affected version (compare against official plugin repository release history)
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Inspect profile forms for CSRF protectionView page source of any user profile editing form. Look for a hidden input field containing a nonce or CSRF token, typically named '_wpnonce', 'csrf_token', or similar.Affected if No CSRF token/nonce field is present in profile editing forms, or tokens are missing validation on form submission
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Check input sanitization on profile field handlersExamine the plugin PHP code that handles profile field submissions. Look for functions like sanitize_text_field, esc_html, or wp_kses_post applied to profile input data before database storage.Affected if User profile inputs are stored directly to the database without sanitization functions, or sanitization is absent entirely
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Verify output encoding when displaying profile dataExamine the plugin PHP code that outputs profile data to users. Check if profile fields are wrapped in functions like esc_html, esc_attr, or wp_kses before being displayed.Affected if Profile data is output to the page without escaping/encoding functions, allowing stored scripts to execute
You are affected if the Simple User Profile plugin is installed and either lacks CSRF tokens on profile forms or fails to sanitize/escape user profile inputs before storage and display.
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 on all state-changing forms and validate/sanitize all user profile inputs before storage with appropriate output encoding when displaying profile data.
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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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