CVE-2025-48307
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 kasonzhao SEO For Images seo-for-images allows Stored XSS.This issue affects SEO For Images: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the SEO For Images plugin (seo-for-images) enables Stored XSS attacks. An attacker can trick authenticated administrators into unknowingly submitting malicious requests that store malicious scripts within the plugin's settings or image metadata, which then execute when other users view 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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Identify if SEO For Images plugin is installedCheck your site's plugin directory or WordPress admin plugins list for 'seo-for-images' or 'SEO For Images'Affected if The plugin is present in the installation
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Determine installed plugin versionAccess the plugin file (typically in wp-content/plugins/seo-for-images/) and open the main PHP file to read the Version header comment, or check via WordPress admin plugin detailsAffected if The version number is lower than the fixed version (if known) or cannot be determined (indicating older installation)
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Verify admin authentication is possibleConfirm administrator-level access exists to the WordPress admin panel where the plugin settings are accessibleAffected if Authenticated administrator sessions are possible (required for the CSRF attack vector)
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Inspect plugin settings for stored XSS indicatorsNavigate to the plugin settings page in WordPress admin, view page source, or query the database (wp_options table) for seo-for-images related entries and examine for script tags, event handlers, or encoded payloadsAffected if Unexpected JavaScript code, <script> tags, or suspicious HTML attributes appear in settings or metadata fields
A user is affected if the SEO For Images plugin is installed AND lacks anti-CSRF protection on its admin form actions, as evidenced by the ability to store arbitrary scripts in plugin settings or image metadata.
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 form actions and admin AJAX endpoints, combined with proper output encoding and input validation to prevent stored XSS execution.
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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-2025-48307 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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