CVE-2025-7842
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Publication date: 2025-08-23
Last updated on: 2025-08-25
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| silencesoft | rss_reader | 0.6 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-352 | The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the Silencesoft RSS Reader plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 0.6. It occurs because of missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'sil_rss_edit_page' page, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trick a site administrator into performing actions such as deleting RSS feeds by clicking on a malicious link.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow an attacker to delete RSS feeds on a WordPress site by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link. This can disrupt the site's content management and potentially affect the site's functionality or user experience.