CVE-2025-47447
WordPress Cool Author Box plugin <= 3.0.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability
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.
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
WordPress Cool Author Box plugin <= 3.0.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-47447- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-13864
4.3
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-13864- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8fgm-3937-8v3v
4.3
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box allows Cross...
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Cool Author Box: from n/a through 3.0.0.
- Record
GHSA-8fgm-3937-8v3v- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-47447- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-47447 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Hossni Mubarak Cool Author Box, published May 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/hm-cool-author-box-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-cool-author-box-3-0-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47447
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/hm-cool-author-box-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-cool-author-box-3-0-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8fgm-3937-8v3v