CVE-2025-23895 HIGH

CVE-2025-23895: WordPress Add RSS plugin <= 1.5 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Dan Cameron

Product Add RSS

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published January 16, 2025

Last update May 11, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Dan Cameron Add RSS add-rss allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Add RSS: from n/a through <= 1.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Add RSS versions 1.5 and earlier are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the admin must visit the attacker's page while authenticated. Impact is limited to low-level changes in confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking a logged-in admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators could unknowingly authorize changes to site settings or data if tricked into visiting a malicious link.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must be logged in and visit attacker-controlled page; no special privileges or complex setup required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 16, 2025 CVE published

May 11, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23895 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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