CVE-2025-58844
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 Subhash Kumar Database to Excel database-to-excel allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Database to Excel: from n/a through <= 1.0.
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 confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in Subhash Kumar's Database to Excel plugin (version <=1.0) allows attackers to inject malicious scripts that get stored (Stored XSS). By tricking authenticated administrators into visiting a malicious page, attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the victim's browser when they access the affected plugin functionality.
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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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Locate the Database to Excel pluginCheck your WordPress or CMS plugin directory for the 'Database to Excel' plugin by Subhash Kumar. If using a file system, search for directories containing 'database-to-excel' or similar naming patterns.Affected if The plugin is present in the installation
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Identify the installed versionCheck the plugin's main file (typically plugin.php or readme.txt) for the version number. Compare it to the affected range: version 1.0 or lower.Affected if The installed version is 1.0 or any version number lower than or equal to 1.0
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Inspect forms and AJAX endpoints for CSRF protectionExamine the plugin's PHP files for state-changing operations (form submissions, AJAX handlers). Look for presence of anti-CSRF tokens such as wp_nonce, nonce_field, or check_admin_referer calls. Search for 'nonce', '_wpnonce', or 'check_ajax_referer'.Affected if State-changing forms or AJAX endpoints lack nonce verification or CSRF token validation
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Check for stored XSS vectors in plugin input handlingReview the plugin's code that handles user input and stores it to the database. Look for absence of sanitization functions (such as sanitize_text_field, esc_html, esc_attr) and output encoding when displaying stored data.Affected if User-supplied data is stored and rendered without proper sanitization and output encoding
You are affected if the Database to Excel plugin version 1.0 or lower is installed AND the plugin lacks CSRF token validation on forms/AJAX endpoints AND user input is stored without sanitization, allowing Stored XSS execution.
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 (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing operations (forms, AJAX endpoints) and apply proper input validation with context-aware output encoding to prevent the XSS component.
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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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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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