CVE-2025-23558
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the digfish Geotagged Media WordPress plugin allows attackers to perform actions as authenticated users, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This affects all WordPress sites running Geotagged Media plugin versions up to and including 0.3.0. Attackers can inject malicious scripts that execute when other users view affected content.
💻 Affected Systems
- digfish Geotagged Media 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 persistent malicious scripts that steal administrator credentials, deface websites, redirect users to malicious sites, or perform administrative actions leading to complete site compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers inject malicious scripts that steal user session cookies or credentials, potentially gaining administrative access to the WordPress site.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and content security policies, the attack surface is reduced, though the vulnerability still exists in the codebase.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated user into clicking a malicious link or visiting a crafted page. The CSRF leads to stored XSS payload injection.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 0.3.0
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Geotagged Media' plugin. 4. Check for available updates. 5. If update is available, click 'Update Now'. 6. If no update is available, consider disabling or removing the plugin until a patched version is released.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Geotagged Media Plugin
WordPressTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until a patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate geotagged-media
Implement CSRF Tokens Manually
WordPressAdd CSRF protection to plugin forms if you have development capabilities
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable the Geotagged Media plugin entirely
- 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 Geotagged Media version. If version is 0.3.0 or earlier, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get geotagged-media --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify the plugin version is higher than 0.3.0 in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to Geotagged Media plugin endpoints
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by successful CSRF requests
- Injection of script tags in content managed by Geotagged Media
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with suspicious parameters to Geotagged Media endpoints
- Cross-origin requests to plugin admin pages
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("geotagged-media" OR "wp-content/plugins/geotagged-media") AND (POST OR "script" OR "onerror" OR "javascript:")