CVE-2025-43840: WordPress CheckBot plugin <= 1.05 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

7.1 CVSS

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Ref CheckBot allows Stored XSS.This issue affects CheckBot: from n/a through 1.05.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-43840

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Problem Types

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Affected Products

Vendor: Ref

Product: CheckBot

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 2.11% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43840
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/checkbot/vulnerability/wordpress-checkbot-plugin-1-05-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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