CVE-2025-53268 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2025-53268

WordPress Import external attachments plugin <= 1.5.12 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability

4.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ryanpcmcquen Import external attachments import-external-attachments allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Import external attachments: from n/a through <= 1.5.12.

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:

Nguyen Xuan Chien | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/import-external-attachments/vulnerability/wordpress-import-external-attachments-plugin-1-5-12-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Import external attachments

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: June 27th, 2025

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1566.002 Spearphishing Link

Initial Access

T1204.001 Malicious Link

Execution

T1098 Account Manipulation

Persistence

T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation

Impact