CVE-2025-6063: XiSearch bar <= 2.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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: 2025-06-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The XiSearch bar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'xisearch-key-config' page. 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.

Affected products

dmitry78 XiSearch bar: through 2.6

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/xisearch-bar/trunk/xisearch.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd828557-94f6-4278-98ef-bcf4d1d86440?source=cve

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