Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2025-32502 affects the WordPress ePaper Lister for Yumpu plugin through version 1.4.0. A victim can be tricked into causing a stored cross-site scripting condition, meaning malicious script could persist in site content or settings and run for later visitors or admins.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority WordPress plugin exposure if the plugin is installed. Prioritize internet-facing or business-critical sites, but avoid emergency assumptions because the provided sources do not confirm active exploitation or name a fixed version.
Technical view
The source describes a CSRF vulnerability in lemmentwickler ePaper Lister for Yumpu, package slug magazine-lister-for-yumpu, leading to stored XSS. CVSS 3.1 is 7.1: network reachable, low complexity, no attacker privileges, user interaction required, changed scope, and low C/I/A impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites with ePaper Lister for Yumpu installed at version 1.4.0 or earlier. The bundle does not identify broader products, hosted services, or confirmed vulnerable configurations beyond that plugin and version range.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. Exploitation requires user interaction and abuses CSRF to create a stored XSS outcome, so risk is highest where authenticated site operators can be socially induced to visit attacker-controlled content.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE record and Patchstack reference. The classification is CSRF with stored XSS impact, but the bundle does not include affected code paths, proof-of-concept details, exploit prevalence, or a confirmed patch version.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the magazine-lister-for-yumpu plugin.
- Check vendor, WordPress, or Patchstack guidance for a confirmed fixed release.
- Update the plugin if a vendor-confirmed fixed version is available.
- Disable or remove the plugin where it is unnecessary or no fix is available.
- Review affected sites for unexpected plugin content or settings changes.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether ePaper Lister for Yumpu is installed on each WordPress site.
- Record installed plugin versions and flag any at 1.4.0 or earlier.
- Check whether the site exposes plugin-managed content to users or administrators.
- Review security logs for suspicious administrative actions involving plugin settings or content.
- Verify remediation by confirming the plugin is updated, disabled, or removed.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CWE-352: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
Client-side and session-facing weaknesses should be reviewed alongside initial-access and user-execution behaviors. Open the exact CWE lookup page first, then review the ATT&CK searches from that MITRE weakness context. This is a Glexia lookup hint, not an official ATT&CK mapping.
Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2025-32502 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
1 official scoreWe collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L2.83.7PatchstackVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.1HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Vulnerability timeline
Timeline events are normalized from CVE metadata, CNA source timelines, ADP timelines, and KEV metadata when present.
- CVE reservedCVE Program
The CVE ID was reserved by the assigning CNA.
- CVE publishedCVE Program
The CVE record was published.
- CVE updatedCVE Program
The CVE record metadata indicates this as the latest update time.
ADP provider summaries
Source materials
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.