The Silencesoft RSS Reader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'sil_rss_edit_page' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete RSS feeds via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
History

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:45:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Wordpress
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Vendors & Products Wordpress
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Description The Silencesoft RSS Reader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'sil_rss_edit_page' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete RSS feeds via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Silencesoft RSS Reader <= 0.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to RSS Feed Deletion
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-08-23T04:25:47.397Z

Updated: 2025-08-25T17:15:08.114Z

Reserved: 2025-07-18T19:41:38.196Z

Link: CVE-2025-7842

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-25T17:11:58.921Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-23T05:15:33.283

Modified: 2025-08-25T20:24:45.327

Link: CVE-2025-7842

cve-icon Redhat

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