CVE-2025-23533
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Adrian Moreno WP Lyrics WordPress plugin allows attackers to perform stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This affects WordPress administrators who can be tricked into executing malicious actions, potentially compromising their sites. All users of WP Lyrics versions up to and including 0.4.1 are vulnerable.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adrian Moreno WP Lyrics WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could inject malicious JavaScript that steals administrator credentials, defaces websites, or installs backdoors, leading to complete site takeover.
Likely Case
Attackers create fake admin pages that trick logged-in administrators into executing actions that inject malicious scripts into the site, affecting visitors.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF tokens and input validation, the attack chain would be broken, preventing both CSRF and stored XSS.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated administrator into clicking a malicious link or visiting a crafted page.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 0.4.1
Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wplyrics/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-lyrics-plugin-0-4-1-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'WP Lyrics' and update to the latest version. 4. If no update is available, deactivate and remove the plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection
allAdd CSRF tokens to all plugin forms and validate them on submission.
Input Sanitization
allSanitize all user inputs and escape outputs in the plugin code.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Deactivate and remove the WP Lyrics plugin from your WordPress installation.
- Implement a web application firewall (WAF) with CSRF and XSS protection rules.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for WP Lyrics version. If version is 0.4.1 or earlier, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=wplyrics --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify the plugin version is higher than 0.4.1 in the WordPress plugins list.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to WP Lyrics admin endpoints without referrer headers
- JavaScript injection patterns in plugin-related database entries
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or similar endpoints with suspicious parameters related to lyrics
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" OR uri_path CONTAINS "wplyrics") AND (http_method="POST" AND NOT referrer CONTAINS own_domain)