CVE-2025-25168: WordPress BookPress – For Book Authors Plugin <= 1.2.7 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Black and White BookPress – For Book Authors book-press allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects BookPress – For Book Authors: from n/a through <= 1.2.7.

Affected products

Black and White BookPress – For Book Authors: through 1.2.7

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/book-press/vulnerability/wordpress-bookpress-for-book-authors-plugin-1-2-7-csrf-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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