CVE-2025-23793
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Turcu Ciprian Auto FTP WordPress plugin allows attackers to perform stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This affects WordPress sites using Auto FTP plugin versions up to 1.0.1. Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into executing malicious actions that inject persistent scripts.
💻 Affected Systems
- Turcu Ciprian Auto FTP 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
Complete site takeover through admin account compromise, data theft, malware distribution to visitors, and defacement.
Likely Case
Session hijacking, credential theft from administrators, and injection of malicious scripts that affect site visitors.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper CSRF tokens and Content Security Policy (CSP) in place, though XSS payloads could still execute if other protections fail.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick an authenticated admin into clicking a malicious link. The stored XSS payload persists after successful CSRF.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 1.0.1 (check plugin repository for latest)
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Auto FTP' and update to the latest version. 4. If no update is available, deactivate and delete the plugin.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection
allAdd CSRF tokens to plugin forms if custom patching is possible.
Enable Content Security Policy (CSP)
allConfigure CSP headers to mitigate XSS impact by restricting script sources.
Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'" in .htaccess or server config
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Deactivate and remove the Auto FTP plugin immediately.
- Implement strict access controls and monitor admin user activities for suspicious behavior.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel under Plugins > Installed Plugins for Auto FTP version 1.0.1 or earlier.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name=auto-ftp --field=version (if WP-CLI is installed)Verify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is updated beyond 1.0.1 or that the plugin is deactivated/removed.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to Auto FTP plugin endpoints from unexpected sources
- Admin user sessions with unexpected form submissions
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with suspicious parameters or script tags targeting plugin paths
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" OR uri_path CONTAINS "auto-ftp") AND (method="POST" AND user_agent NOT IN expected_admin_agents)