CVE-2025-39418 HIGH

CVE-2025-39418: WordPress RSS Manager plugin <= 0.06 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Ajayver

Product RSS Manager

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published April 17, 2025

Last update April 28, 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 ajayver RSS Manager rss-manager allows Stored XSS.This issue affects RSS Manager: from n/a through <= 0.06.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

RSS Manager versions 0.06 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 RSS Manager without the admin's knowledge or consent. The attack requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions in RSS Manager on behalf of a logged-in administrator.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify RSS feeds, settings, or other RSS Manager configuration without authorization.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Administrator must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39418 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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