CVE-2025-32518
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 hossainawlad ALD Login Page ald-login-page allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ALD Login Page: from n/a through <= 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 ALD Login Page plugin (versions <=1.1) allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into submitting malicious requests that store XSS payloads in the login page. When other users visit the affected page, the stored JavaScript executes in their browsers, enabling session hijacking, credential theft, or defacement.
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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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Check if ALD Login Page plugin is installedAccess the CMS admin panel and navigate to the plugin management section. Look for 'ALD Login Page' or similar plugin name in the list of installed plugins.Affected if The plugin is present in the installed plugins list
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Determine the installed version of ALD Login PageIn the plugin management section, view the details or version information for the ALD Login Page plugin. Compare the version number to the affected range (versions 1.1 and below).Affected if The installed version is 1.1 or any version number lower than 1.1
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Verify administrator access existsConfirm there is at least one active administrator account on the CMS, as the CSRF attack requires an authenticated admin to inadvertently submit the malicious request.Affected if An administrator account is logged in or can be authenticated to access the plugin settings
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Inspect login page configuration for injected scriptsNavigate to the ALD Login Page plugin settings where the login page content is defined. View the page source or inspect the configuration fields for any script tags, javascript: URIs, or event handlers (onload, onerror, onclick, etc.) that were not intentionally added.Affected if Unexpected script tags, javascript URIs, or event handler attributes are present in the login page configuration
A user is affected if the ALD Login Page plugin version 1.1 or below is installed AND administrator credentials can be used to access the plugin settings, or if the login page configuration already contains unauthorized script injections.
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 operations and apply strict input validation with context-aware output encoding to prevent XSS injection into the login page.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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