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CVE-2025-1288: wooexim vulnerability
CVE-2025-1288: medium vulnerability affecting wooexim. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 6.1 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 4.3%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- wooexim
What is known
The WOOEXIM WordPress plugin through 5.0.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make an unauthenticated user vulnerable to reflected XSS via a CSRF attack.
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-1288, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) affecting wooexim, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether wooexim is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.