CVE-2025-25154
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 scweber Custom Comment Notifications custom-comment-notifications allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Custom Comment Notifications: from n/a through <= 1.0.8.
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 confidenceCSRF vulnerability in the Custom Comment Notifications WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.0.8) allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into submitting malicious requests that inject stored XSS payloads into comment notification settings. The lack of CSRF protection enables attackers to craft malicious forms or links that, when triggered by a logged-in administrator, can persist malicious scripts that execute when other users view the affected 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.
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Verify Custom Comment Notifications plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory for the Custom Comment Notifications plugin folder (typically wp-content/plugins/custom-comment-notifications/) or use WP-CLI: wp plugin list --name='custom-comment-notifications'Affected if Plugin folder or entry exists in the WordPress installation
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Check installed plugin versionRead the main plugin file header (usually custom-comment-notifications.php) and locate the 'Version' comment, or run: wp plugin get custom-comment-notifications --field=versionAffected if Version number is 1.0.8 or lower
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Confirm plugin is activeRun WP-CLI command: wp plugin is-active custom-comment-notifications, or check via WordPress admin plugins listAffected if Plugin status shows as active and enabled
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Inspect admin settings for nonce validationExamine the plugin PHP file for admin action handlers (save_settings, update_options, or similar) and verify if wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer is called before processing POST/GET requestsAffected if No nonce validation is found in settings update functions - indicating CSRF protection is missing
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Check if comment notification settings are exposedNavigate to the plugin settings page in WordPress admin (usually under Settings > Comment Notifications or similar) and confirm the plugin exposes configuration options for comment notificationsAffected if Settings page exists and accepts user input without requiring explicit token confirmation
You are affected if the Custom Comment Notifications plugin is installed, active, and running version 1.0.8 or lower, with admin settings handlers lacking nonce verification.
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 to the latest version of Custom Comment-notifications when available, and implement anti-CSRF tokens with nonces for all state-changing admin actions.
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- Implementation4.0 h
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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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-2025-25154 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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