CVE-2025-47447: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box hm-cool-author-box-widget allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Cool Author Box: from n/a through <= 3.0.0.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2025-47447 is a CSRF issue in the Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box plugin (versions <= 3.0.0). It allows attackers to trick authenticated users into submitting unauthorized requests, potentially leading to limited impact on the integrity of the affected system. The CVSS vector indicates the attack can be performed remotely over the network without privileges, requires user interaction, and impacts integrity but not confidentiality or availability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to a potential integrity loss due to unauthorized actions performed via CSRF. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability. The medium severity reflects that the vulnerability requires user interaction and does not allow privilege escalation or direct data disclosure.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, users should consider disabling the plugin or restricting access to trusted users only. Implementing standard CSRF protections at the application or web server level may help mitigate risk.
CVE-2025-47447: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box
Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box hm-cool-author-box-widget allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Cool Author Box: from n/a through <= 3.0.0.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2025-47447 is a CSRF issue in the Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box plugin (versions <= 3.0.0). It allows attackers to trick authenticated users into submitting unauthorized requests, potentially leading to limited impact on the integrity of the affected system. The CVSS vector indicates the attack can be performed remotely over the network without privileges, requires user interaction, and impacts integrity but not confidentiality or availability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to a potential integrity loss due to unauthorized actions performed via CSRF. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability. The medium severity reflects that the vulnerability requires user interaction and does not allow privilege escalation or direct data disclosure.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, users should consider disabling the plugin or restricting access to trusted users only. Implementing standard CSRF protections at the application or web server level may help mitigate risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2025-05-07T09:38:40.257Z
- Cisa Enriched
- true
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 682d981ac4522896dcbd9094
Added to database: 5/21/2025, 9:08:42 AM
Last enriched: 5/1/2026, 2:08:19 PM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 5:12:46 AM
Views: 71
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