# CVE-2025-23980: WordPress Full Circle plugin <= 0.5.7.8 - CSRF to Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit CSRF to inject stored XSS payloads, potentially executing malicious scripts in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vffm-x767-w2x7

## What is CVE-2025-23980?

CVE-2025-23980 is a high-severity vulnerability in James Andrews Full Circle, published on 31 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in James Andrews Full Circle full-circle allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Full Circle: from n/a through <= 0.5.7.8.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23980?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-23980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23980 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23980 is a high-severity vulnerability in James Andrews Full Circle, published on 31 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: James Andrews Full Circle. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23980/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23980/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23980
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23980
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23980

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23980/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.