CVE-2025-46495 WordPress Drop Caps plugin <= 2.1 - CSRF to XSS vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A CSRF vulnerability in the Drop Caps WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, leading to stored XSS attacks against site visitors.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-46495?

CVE-2025-46495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in tomontoast Drop Caps, published on 24 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in tomontoast Drop Caps drop-caps allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Drop Caps: from n/a through <= 2.1.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46495?

How do I fix CVE-2025-46495?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46495 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-46495 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46495 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wh2h-f35v-32p8.

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