Medium severity · published Mar 20, 2025
CVE-2025-1314
Custom Twitter Feeds <= 2.2.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cache Reset via ctf_clear_cache_admin Function
4.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ctf_clear_cache_admin() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's cache via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CT
Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget · smub
through 2.2.5 · source: vendor
Affected product
CT
Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget
smub
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1314
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1314
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/trunk/custom-twitter-feed.php#L1014
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/trunk/custom-twitter-feed.php#L810
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/trunk/custom-twitter-feed.php#L833
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3254840/
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-twitter-feeds/#developers
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/28d47605-ecb8-42cc-901a-3cf07b946877?source=cve
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