CVE-2025-2163: Zoorum Comments <= 0.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The Zoorum Comments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the zoorum_set_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-2163
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Affected Products
Vendor: zoorum
Product: Zoorum Comments
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 2.46% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-13 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2163https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b58fb0f-c7ac-4ee6-84f1-ac14617a7c2b?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zoorum-comments/tags/0.9/zoorum-comments-admin.php#L18
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zoorum-comments/tags/0.9/zoorum-comments-admin.php#L38
https://wordpress.org/plugins/zoorum-comments/