CVE-2025-46435 HIGH

CVE-2025-46435: WordPress Time Based Greeting plugin <= 2.2.2 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Yash Binani

Product Time Based Greeting

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published April 24, 2025

Last update May 12, 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 Yash Binani Time Based Greeting time-based-greeting allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Time Based Greeting: from n/a through <= 2.2.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Time Based Greeting versions 2.2.2 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 and can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

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

An attacker can modify site settings or data by exploiting an admin's browser session without their consent.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

A site admin must visit an attacker-controlled webpage while logged into the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 24, 2025 CVE published

May 12, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46435 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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