CVE-2025-23828 - CVE House

Status published High CVE-2025-23828

WordPress WordPress Data Guard [Website Security] plugin <= 8 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

7.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in sindhi WordPress Data Guard wordpress-data-guards allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WordPress Data Guard: from n/a through <= 8.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

SOPROBRO | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wordpress-data-guards/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-data-guard-website-security-plugin-8-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Affected Vendor

sindhi

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Affected Software

WordPress Data Guard

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: January 16th, 2025

Last Modified: May 11th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial Access

T1059.007 JavaScript

Execution

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

Collection

T1213 Data from Information Repositories