CVE-2025-7842: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in silence Silencesoft RSS Reader
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Silencesoft RSS Reader plugin for WordPress suffers from a CSRF vulnerability due to improper nonce validation on the 'sil_rss_edit_page'. This flaw enables attackers to perform unauthorized actions, specifically deleting RSS feeds, by convincing an authenticated site administrator to execute a malicious request. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 0.6. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3, reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity, no privileges required, but requiring user interaction. The impact is limited to integrity loss without confidentiality or availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause an authenticated site administrator to unknowingly delete RSS feeds by exploiting the CSRF vulnerability. This results in integrity loss of the RSS feed configuration but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There are no reports of exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation is currently available for this vulnerability. Users should monitor the vendor's advisory channels for updates. Until a fix is released, administrators should exercise caution when interacting with untrusted links or sites that could trigger such requests. Implementing additional CSRF protections or disabling the plugin if not needed may reduce risk.
CVE-2025-7842: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in silence Silencesoft RSS Reader
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.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Silencesoft RSS Reader plugin for WordPress suffers from a CSRF vulnerability due to improper nonce validation on the 'sil_rss_edit_page'. This flaw enables attackers to perform unauthorized actions, specifically deleting RSS feeds, by convincing an authenticated site administrator to execute a malicious request. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 0.6. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3, reflecting a network attack vector with low complexity, no privileges required, but requiring user interaction. The impact is limited to integrity loss without confidentiality or availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause an authenticated site administrator to unknowingly delete RSS feeds by exploiting the CSRF vulnerability. This results in integrity loss of the RSS feed configuration but does not affect confidentiality or availability. There are no reports of exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation is currently available for this vulnerability. Users should monitor the vendor's advisory channels for updates. Until a fix is released, administrators should exercise caution when interacting with untrusted links or sites that could trigger such requests. Implementing additional CSRF protections or disabling the plugin if not needed may reduce risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-07-18T19:41:38.196Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 68a9446fad5a09ad00269543
Added to database: 8/23/2025, 4:32:47 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 5:57:20 PM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 7:19:01 AM
Views: 128
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