Vulnerability · Published Jul 26, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-8103WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher <= 2.8.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Deactivation via handle_feedback_submission Function
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher from etruel. 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 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This is due to missing nonce validation in the handle_feedback_submission() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate the plugin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| etruel | WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher | 0 – through 2.8.7 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4473de39-a122-4c2e-9f64-50157b589a28?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpematico/tags/2.8.7/app/plugin_functions.php#L207
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpematico/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3333908/
- https://www.wpematico.com/releases/