CVE-2025-25147
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 Phillip.Gooch Auto SEO auto-seo allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Auto SEO: from n/a through <= 2.5.6.
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 Auto SEO WordPress plugin allows attackers to craft malicious requests that result in Stored XSS. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into submitting crafted requests that inject persistent malicious scripts into the plugin's stored data, which then executes when other users view the affected content.
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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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Verify Auto SEO plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Auto SEO' in the list, or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for an 'auto-seo' or similar named folderAffected if The plugin is present in the installation
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Determine the installed plugin versionView the main plugin file header (usually auto-seo.php) in the plugin directory; the version is defined in the plugin comment block as 'Version: x.x.x'Affected if The version number is lower than the patched version (compare against the vendor's release notes)
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Inspect form submissions for nonce fieldsExamine plugin PHP files for form generation code; search for 'wp_nonce_field', 'wp_nonce', 'nonce_field', or check if forms include a hidden input with a tokenAffected if Forms in the plugin lack CSRF nonce tokens
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Check AJAX actions for nonce verificationSearch plugin PHP files for 'add_action("wp_ajax_' and verify each handler calls 'check_ajax_referer' or 'wp_verify_nonce' before processingAffected if AJAX handlers do not verify nonces before processing requests
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Review input sanitization in stored dataExamine plugin code that saves user input to the database; look for functions like 'sanitize_text_field', 'esc_attr', or other sanitization functions before insert/update operationsAffected if User-supplied data is stored without proper sanitization, allowing script injection
You are affected if the Auto SEO plugin is installed, lacks CSRF nonce protection on forms/AJAX actions, and does not sanitize stored data - combine all three conditions for a complete CSRF-to-Stored-XSS vulnerability.
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 state-changing form submissions and AJAX actions, combined with proper input validation and output encoding to prevent the stored XSS. Consider adding SameSite cookie attributes and origin validation.
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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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