CVE-2025-23649Network attack vector

Stored XSS via forged settings update

Published Jan 16, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026

Cross-site request forgery in Kreg Steppe Auphonic Importer 1.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject stored scripts. A settings-update function fails to validate a WordPress nonce before accepting attacker-controlled values that are stored and rendered as script. Exploitation requires an administrator to perform an attacker-induced action, after which the injected script executes in affected browser sessions.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Cross-site request forgery in Kreg Steppe Auphonic Importer 1.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject stored scripts. A settings-update function fails to validate a WordPress nonce before accepting attacker-controlled values that are stored and rendered as script. Exploitation requires an administrator to perform an attacker-induced action, after which the injected script executes in affected browser sessions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-23649
Published
Jan 16, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Vendor
Kreg Steppe
Product
Auphonic Importer
Classifications
CWE-352, CAPEC-592, T1204.001
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=1.5.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Kreg Steppe · Auphonic Importerversion=0 <=1.5.1

Published CVSS scores

7.1PatchstackCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CAPEC-592Stored XSS
T1204.001Malicious Link

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