CVE-2025-25168

WordPress BookPress – For Book Authors Plugin <= 1.2.7 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

7.1 High

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Black and White BookPress – For Book Authors book-press allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects BookPress – For Book Authors: from n/a through <= 1.2.7.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.15%Up 0.1 points since Feb 8, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used7.1

WordPress BookPress – For Book Authors Plugin <= 1.2.7 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-25168
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-40717.1

Record: EUVD-2025-4071
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j5wx-x974-9cqx7.1

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in blackandwhitedigital BookPress – For Book...

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in blackandwhitedigital BookPress – For Book Authors allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects BookPress – For Book Authors: from n/a through 1.2.7.

Record: GHSA-j5wx-x974-9cqx
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD7.1

Record: CVE-2025-25168
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-25168 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Black And White Bookpress – For Book Authors, published February 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.