CVE-2023-25052 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-25052: WordPress Yandex.News Feed by Teplitsa Plugin <= 1.12.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Teplitsa

Product Yandex.News Feed by Teplitsa

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published May 8, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Teplitsa Yandex.News Feed by Teplitsa plugin <= 1.12.5 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Yandex.News Feed by Teplitsa versions up to 1.12.5 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated administrator can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other users viewing the feed. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity and confidentiality of site data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view the feed.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators can inject scripts affecting other users' sessions, potentially stealing credentials or modifying site content.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator privileges and the victim must visit a page displaying the affected feed.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 8, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25052 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-25052

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions