CVE-2025-25166
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the InLocation WordPress plugin that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts. When exploited, it enables Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks where injected scripts persist on affected pages. WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of the InLocation plugin are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress InLocation Plugin
📦 What is this software?
Inlocation by Gabrieldarezzo
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal administrator credentials, hijack user sessions, deface websites, or redirect visitors to malicious sites through persistent malicious scripts.
Likely Case
Attackers would typically use this to 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 significantly reduced, though the vulnerability still exists in the code.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking authenticated users into visiting malicious pages while logged into the WordPress admin panel.
🛠️ 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 InLocation plugin
4. Check for available updates
5. Update to latest version
6. Verify update completed successfully
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Tokens
allAdd CSRF protection tokens to all form submissions and AJAX requests in the plugin
Content Security Policy
allImplement strict Content Security Policy headers to prevent script execution from unauthorized sources
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable or remove the InLocation plugin entirely
- Implement web application firewall rules to block CSRF attempts and XSS payloads
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins → InLocation version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name=inlocation --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify InLocation plugin version is greater than 1.8 in WordPress admin📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to InLocation plugin endpoints
- Multiple failed CSRF token validations
- Suspicious script tags in form submissions
Network Indicators:
- Unexpected requests to InLocation admin-ajax.php endpoints
- Requests with suspicious payloads in POST parameters
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("inlocation" OR "admin-ajax.php") AND (POST OR "csrf" OR "xss")