Compliance Impact

The CVE-2026-25015 vulnerability is a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue that allows attackers to trick authenticated users into executing unwanted actions. While this can lead to unauthorized actions within the affected system, the provided information does not specify any direct impact on compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

Since the vulnerability is classified as low severity with a CVSS score of 4.3 and poses a low priority threat with no significant impact expected, there is no explicit mention of compliance risks or data breaches related to regulatory frameworks in the available resources.

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Executive Summary

The CVE-2026-25015 vulnerability is a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue affecting the WordPress UsersWP Plugin versions up to and including 1.2.53.

This vulnerability allows a malicious actor to trick higher privileged users (such as subscribers or developers) into executing unwanted actions while authenticated, by having them click a malicious link, visit a crafted page, or submit a form.

The vulnerability requires user interaction and is classified as low severity with a CVSS score of 4.3.

It falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A1: Broken Access Control.

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow attackers to perform unwanted actions on behalf of authenticated users with higher privileges if those users interact with malicious content.

However, the threat is considered low priority with no significant impact expected.

Users are advised to update to version 1.2.54 or later to mitigate the risk.

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Detection Guidance

[{'type': 'paragraph', 'content': 'This vulnerability affects the WordPress UsersWP Plugin versions up to and including 1.2.53. Detection involves identifying if this plugin and vulnerable version is installed on your system.'}, {'type': 'list_item', 'content': 'Check the installed version of the UsersWP plugin in your WordPress installation.'}, {'type': 'list_item', 'content': 'For example, you can use the following command to check the plugin version if you have shell access to the WordPress installation directory:'}, {'type': 'list_item', 'content': "grep 'Version:' wp-content/plugins/userswp/userswp.php"}, {'type': 'list_item', 'content': 'Alternatively, you can check the plugin version from the WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins.'}, {'type': 'paragraph', 'content': "There are no specific network detection commands or signatures provided for this CSRF vulnerability since it requires user interaction and exploits the plugin's functionality."}] [1]

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Mitigation Strategies

The primary mitigation step is to update the UsersWP plugin to version 1.2.54 or later, where the vulnerability has been fixed.

• Update the UsersWP plugin via the WordPress admin dashboard or manually replace the plugin files with the fixed version.
• Enable auto-updates for the UsersWP plugin if supported, to ensure future vulnerabilities are patched promptly.
• Educate users with higher privileges to avoid clicking suspicious links or submitting forms from untrusted sources.

Since this is a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability, limiting user privileges and applying the patch are the most effective immediate steps.

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