CVE-2025-49347
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 Jupitercow WP sIFR wp-sifr allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP sIFR: from n/a through <= 0.6.8.1.
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 confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP sIFR WordPress plugin allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into submitting malicious requests that inject Stored XSS payloads into the plugin's settings or content, which then executes in the browsers of all users viewing affected pages.
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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 WP sIFR plugin is installedLog in to WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and look for 'WP sIFR' or 'sIFR' in the plugin listAffected if WP sIFR plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Check plugin versionIn the Plugins list, click on the plugin to view its details, or check the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/sifr/ (or similar path) for the Version fieldAffected if The installed version is older than the latest version available from the WordPress repository or has no version number listed (unmaintained plugin)
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Confirm plugin is activeIn Plugins > Installed Plugins, verify that WP sIFR shows as 'Active' under the plugin statusAffected if WP sIFR is currently activated on the site
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Identify plugin admin pages and formsNavigate to any WP sIFR settings pages (typically under Settings or a dedicated sIFR menu item in the admin sidebar) and locate any form submissions for configuration or contentAffected if The plugin exposes admin forms for settings or content without visible nonce/token fields (indicating missing CSRF protection)
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Inspect stored data for XSS payloadsIf plugin settings or content areas exist, view the page source of any stored sIFR configuration or output to see if unsanitized content is present, or check the database tables where sIFR stores its settingsAffected if Plugin settings or content areas accept and store HTML/script tags without sanitization, allowing stored XSS
A user is affected if the WP sIFR plugin is installed, active, and handles form submissions without CSRF protection (nonces) or output escaping.
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 if available; otherwise, implement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all form submissions and AJAX actions, and ensure proper input sanitization and output escaping. Consider replacing the unmaintained plugin with an alternative.
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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-2025-49347 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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