CVE-2025-58676
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 extendyourweb HORIZONTAL SLIDER horizontal-slider allows Stored XSS.This issue affects HORIZONTAL SLIDER: from n/a through <= 2.4.
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 extendyourweb HORIZONTAL SLIDER plugin versions up to 2.4 allows remote attackers to inject Stored XSS payloads by tricking authenticated administrators into visiting malicious pages or clicking crafted links that submit requests to the plugin's admin endpoints without proper anti-CSRF validation.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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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Confirm plugin installationLocate the extendyourweb HORIZONTAL SLIDER plugin in your CMS plugin directory or plugin management panelAffected if The plugin is present in the system
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Identify installed versionCheck the plugin version number in your CMS plugin manager or within the plugin files (typically in a readme.txt, main PHP file, or composer.json)Affected if The version is 2.4 or lower (any version up to and including 2.4)
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Verify plugin is activeConfirm the plugin is enabled and running on your site through the CMS admin panelAffected if The plugin is activated and processing requests
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Inspect admin endpoint form submissionsExamine the plugin PHP source code for admin form handlers; look for presence of nonce verification or wp_verify_nonce calls before processing POST/GET requestsAffected if No nonce validation is found before processing admin actions (no anti-CSRF token checks)
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Check for stored XSS injection indicatorsReview your database for suspicious script tags or malformed HTML in slider content tables, or inspect page source of slider output for unexpected JavaScriptAffected if Malicious JavaScript or script tags appear in stored slider configuration data
You are affected if the extendyourweb HORIZONTAL SLIDER plugin version 2.4 or lower is installed, active, and lacks anti-CSRF nonce validation on its admin endpoints.
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.
dbcve · scopedImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonce validation) on all form submissions and AJAX requests in the plugin, validate the nonce on the server side before processing any data, and ensure proper output escaping when rendering slider content.
Upgrade to HORIZONTAL SLIDER version 2.5 or later (the first version after 2.4)
- 1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard where the HORIZONTAL SLIDER plugin is installed.
- 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins.
- 3. Locate the HORIZONTAL SLIDER plugin by extendyourweb.
- 4. If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to upgrade to the latest version.
- 5. After updating, clear any website caches if applicable.
- 6. Verify the plugin is running on version 2.5 or higher by checking the plugin version number.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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-2025-58676 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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