Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet <= 1.6.0 - Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF

published 2022-09-26 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-42459

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet WordPress plugin through 1.6.0 does not have any CSRF check when saving its settings, allowing attacker to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, it could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 17 mo ago (2025-05-22)

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66bc783b-67e1-4bd0-99c0-322873b3a22a referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Unknown Bitcoin / Altcoin Faucet

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/66bc783b-67e1-4bd0-99c0-322873b3a22a
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-3025
NVD CVE-2022-3025

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Summary