CVE-2025-58262
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 WPDirectoryKit Sweet Energy Efficiency sweet-energy-efficiency allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Sweet Energy Efficiency: from n/a through <= 1.0.8.
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 · high confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in the Sweet Energy Efficiency plugin allows authenticated administrators to be tricked into submitting malicious requests that inject Stored XSS payloads into the database. When other users view the affected content, the injected JavaScript executes in their browsers.
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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 Sweet Energy Efficiency plugin is installedCheck your CMS/plugin management interface or inspect the plugin directory to confirm the Sweet Energy Efficiency plugin is present and note its installed version numberAffected if The plugin is installed and its version falls within the affected version range
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Identify plugin form submissions that store user dataReview the plugin code or documentation to locate all form handlers that accept and store user-generated content into the databaseAffected if The plugin contains forms that store submitted data without immediate sanitization
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Inspect form handlers for anti-CSRF protectionExamine the PHP code for form handling functions and verify that nonce tokens or CSRF tokens are being validated on all state-changing POST/GET requestsAffected if Forms lack nonce validation or CSRF token checks on submissions
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Check output escaping for stored contentReview how stored plugin data is rendered in templates/pages and verify that content is passed through proper output escaping functions (e.g., htmlspecialchars) before displayAffected if Stored user content is displayed without escaping, allowing injected scripts to execute in user browsers
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Verify admin action requires confirmationCheck if sensitive plugin settings or content submissions require explicit admin confirmation or re-authentication before executionAffected if Administrators can be tricked into unknowingly submitting requests via forged links
Your environment is affected if the Sweet Energy Efficiency plugin is installed, stores user-generated content in forms, and lacks proper CSRF token validation on those submissions or output escaping when displaying stored data.
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/nonces on all form submissions and add proper output escaping and input sanitization for all stored user-generated content to prevent 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-2025-58262 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- 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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