Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in madeglobal Better Protected Pages better-protected-pages allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Protected Pages: from n/a through <= 1.0.
Published: 2025-01-16
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

A Cross‑Site Request Forgery flaw in the MadeGlobal Better Protected Pages plugin allows an attacker to force authenticated users to perform unintended actions on a WordPress site. The same weakness also permits storage of malicious script payloads that remain on the page, giving attackers a persistent vector to compromise visitors’ browsers. The root cause is the plugin’s failure to verify the origin of requests and to sanitize user‑supplied data, leading to uncontrolled input and request forgery.

Affected Systems

WordPress installations that use the MadeGlobal Better Protected Pages plugin with a version of 1.0 or earlier are affected. No finer version details are given, so any build of the plugin before an upgrade to a newer release (if available) is considered vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 7.1 signals high severity. Because the EPSS is listed as < 1%, widespread exploitation has not been observed yet; however, the combination of CSRF and stored XSS provides attackers with multiple entry points. The vulnerability is not yet catalogued in CISA’s KEV, so there is no known active exploitation campaign. An attacker who can trick a user with valid session cookies or obtain a session cookie can trigger the flaw and introduce malicious scripts that survive future page loads, enabling privilege escalation and site defacement.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 1, 2026 at 20:30 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the Better Protected Pages plugin to the latest version that removes the CSRF and persistent XSS flaw.
  • If an upgrade cannot be performed immediately, disable the plugin or remove the features that allow content storage to eliminate the attack surface.
  • Add site‑wide CSRF protection, such as enforcing WordPress nonces on all administrative actions, to further reduce the risk of forged requests.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 1, 2026 at 20:30 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-3496 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Tim Ridgway Better Protected Pages allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Protected Pages: from n/a through 1.0.
History

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Tim Ridgway Better Protected Pages allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Protected Pages: from n/a through 1.0. Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in madeglobal Better Protected Pages better-protected-pages allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Protected Pages: from n/a through <= 1.0.
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Tim Ridgway Better Protected Pages allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Better Protected Pages: from n/a through 1.0.
Title WordPress Better Protected Pages plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:11:23.820Z

Reserved: 2025-01-16T11:31:27.427Z

Link: CVE-2025-23875

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-01-17T17:16:56.688Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-01-16T21:15:28.323

Modified: 2026-04-23T15:24:40.973

Link: CVE-2025-23875

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-05-01T20:45:25Z

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