CVE-2025-23710
📋 TL;DR
This CSRF vulnerability in the Flying Twitter Birds WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing actions that inject malicious scripts. When exploited, it leads to stored XSS, potentially affecting all visitors to the WordPress site. Users of Flying Twitter Birds versions up to 1.8 are vulnerable.
💻 Affected Systems
- Flying Twitter Birds 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 admin credentials, deface websites, or redirect visitors to malicious sites, potentially compromising the entire WordPress installation and its visitors.
Likely Case
Attackers would typically use this to inject advertising scripts, cryptocurrency miners, or redirects to malicious sites, causing reputation damage and potential data theft from site visitors.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and content security policies, the attack surface is reduced, though the vulnerability still exists in the plugin code.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking an authenticated admin into clicking a malicious link or visiting a compromised page.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 1.8
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Flying Twitter Birds. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update is available, deactivate and delete the plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection Headers
allAdd CSRF tokens to admin forms and implement Content Security Policy headers to limit script execution.
Add to .htaccess: Header set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
Add to .htaccess: Header set X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable or remove the Flying Twitter Birds plugin immediately.
- Implement web application firewall rules to block suspicious admin actions and script injections.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Flying Twitter Birds. If version is 1.8 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=flying-twitter-birds --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify the plugin version is higher than 1.8 in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual admin actions from unexpected IP addresses
- Multiple failed CSRF token validations in WordPress logs
- Unexpected script tags being added to plugin settings
Network Indicators:
- Unusual outbound connections from WordPress site to unknown domains
- Suspicious POST requests to admin-ajax.php or plugin admin endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("CSRF token" OR "nonce verification failed")