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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Weakness · CWE-352

CVE-2025-53311

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-27
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Amol Nirmala Waman Navayan Subscribe navayan-subscribe allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Navayan Subscribe: from n/a through <= 1.13.

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 confidence

A CSRF vulnerability in the Navayan Subscribe WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.13) allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into submitting crafted requests that inject persistent malicious scripts (Stored XSS) into the subscription form or related storage, which then executes when other users view the affected content.

MitigationUpdate Navayan Subscribe to the latest version if available, or disable the plugin until a patch is released. Implement anti-CSRF tokens on all plugin forms and ensure proper input validation and output encoding to prevent XSS.

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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Navayan Subscribe plugin is installed
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Navayan Subscribe' in the list
    Affected if The plugin appears in the installed plugins list
  2. Identify the installed version
    Click on the plugin name or view the plugin details to read the Version field. Compare it to the affected range (versions <= 1.13)
    Affected if The version number shown is 1.13 or lower
  3. Verify the subscription form is active
    Navigate to the plugin settings page (usually under Settings or the plugin's own menu item) and check if the subscription form functionality is enabled or configured
    Affected if The subscription form is enabled or any form shortcode/widget is in use on the site
  4. Inspect plugin-stored data for malicious scripts
    Check the WordPress database tables where the plugin stores subscription form data, or view the plugin settings page for any injected script tags in fields like labels, messages, or custom HTML areas
    Affected if Any field contains <script> tags, javascript: URLs, or other XSS payloads that were not entered by an administrator

A user is affected if Navayan Subscribe version 1.13 or lower is installed, the plugin is active, and malicious scripts are found stored in plugin settings or subscription data.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update Navayan Subscribe to the latest version if available, or disable the plugin until a patch is released. Implement anti-CSRF tokens on all plugin forms and ensure proper input validation and output encoding to prevent XSS.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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