CVE-2025-30578
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 hotvanrod AdSense Privacy Policy adsense-privacy-policy allows Stored XSS.This issue affects AdSense Privacy Policy: from n/a through <= 1.1.1.
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 AdSense Privacy Policy WordPress plugin (hotvanrod/adsense-privacy-policy) allows authenticated attackers to craft malicious requests that inject and store arbitrary JavaScript code (Stored XSS) through vulnerable admin forms. The lack of anti-CSRF token validation on state-changing actions enables attackers to trick administrators into unknowingly executing script injection via forged requests.
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 plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and confirm 'AdSense Privacy Policy' by hotvanrod is installed and activeAffected if The plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation
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Check installed plugin versionIn Plugins list, locate the version number next to AdSense Privacy Policy. Compare against any official advisory for affected version rangeAffected if Installed version falls within the vulnerable version range if specified by the vendor
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Inspect admin form source for nonce tokensView page source of the plugin admin settings page (usually under Settings > AdSense Privacy Policy). Search for 'wp_nonce' or '_wpnonce' fields in all formsAffected if Forms lack nonce/token fields, meaning CSRF protection is missing on state-changing actions
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Verify nonce validation in plugin codeIf file access is available, examine the PHP handler for admin form submissions. Look for 'check_admin_referer' or 'wp_verify_nonce' calls on form processing logicAffected if No nonce verification is performed before processing admin form submissions
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Check for existing stored XSS in plugin settingsManually review all text fields in the plugin admin page for suspicious script tags, event handlers, or encoded payloads that may have been injectedAffected if Any stored malicious scripts are found in plugin configuration fields in the database
A user is affected if the AdSense Privacy Policy plugin is installed AND admin forms lack CSRF token validation, allowing stored XSS injection through forged requests.
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 nonce/token validation on all admin actions and forms within the plugin to prevent CSRF attacks. Users should update to any available patched version and administrators should review existing admin sessions for suspicious activity.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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-2025-30578 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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- 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