Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-1314Custom Twitter Feeds <= 2.2.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cache Reset via ctf_clear_cache_admin Function
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget from smub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| smub | Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget | 0 – through 2.2.5 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/28d47605-ecb8-42cc-901a-3cf07b946877?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/trunk/custom-twitter-feed.php#L833
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/trunk/custom-twitter-feed.php#L810
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/trunk/custom-twitter-feed.php#L1014
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-twitter-feeds/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3254840/