CVE-2025-48304

Google XML News Sitemap plugin <= 0.02 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

Unpatched

Patched in

N/A

Time to patch

Description

The Google XML News Sitemap plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.02. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=0.02

PublishedAugust 25, 2025

Last updatedSeptember 3, 2025

Affected plugingn-xml-sitemap

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a3d4e7bb-9e9b-4a0e-ab6d-c769dd957748?source=api-prod

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