Stored XSS via missing nonce validation
Published Feb 7, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Phillip Gooch Auto SEO 2.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to store scripts via forged administrator requests. An unnamed settings-saving function accepts forged requests without correct nonce validation and stores attacker-controlled script content. Exploitation requires an administrator to interact with attacker-controlled content; the script executes when WordPress renders the poisoned setting.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Phillip Gooch Auto SEO 2.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to store scripts via forged administrator requests. An unnamed settings-saving function accepts forged requests without correct nonce validation and stores attacker-controlled script content. Exploitation requires an administrator to interact with attacker-controlled content; the script executes when WordPress renders the poisoned setting.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-25147
- Published
- Feb 7, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Phillip Gooch
- Product
- Auto SEO
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-592, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 7, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2.5.6 changes=[{"at":"2.6.6","status":"unaffected"}]
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